Most people hate change. Personal change. Organizational change. Vision change. Schedule change. Change in their pocket. What is it about change that people fret about so much? People get frustrated, angry and resistant. Change is the opposite of routine, tradition, familiarity, what's expected of me. It shakes our world up in small or big ways. … Continue reading Change
Decisions
Decisions. How often do you make them? Does the feeling of responsibility overwhelm you? Being a leader means you make a lot of decisions. Interestingly enough, most decisions once made can be wrong and still not cause irreparable harm. I would guess that 80% or more of a leader's decisions are not critical in content … Continue reading Decisions
All In
In the book The Last Arrow by Erwin McManus, he uses a phrase that struck me as critical for being a leader. He says "leave nothing for the next life." What he means by that is that we need to give ourselves totally to the cause for which we have been called and not keep … Continue reading All In
The Art of Asking Questions
A leader questions everything: belief systems; “we’ve done it this way forever”; “why do we do it that way?” etc. I know it can be viewed as annoying, confrontational and even frustratingly negative. But if you do not question the status quo you are not a leader. Let me say that again: if you do … Continue reading The Art of Asking Questions
Leading You
The hardest person to lead is yourself. Yet without the ability to lead yourself you will be in a much more difficult place in trying to lead others. I define self-leadership this way: spending time, energy and money on growing you. You only have so much time, energy and money. Spend some on yourself. Does … Continue reading Leading You
Being A Leader
There are a lot of materials both written and spoken about becoming a leader; training for leaders; leadership tips etc. While I plan to touch on all of these topics, it is important to define the term "Being". I prefer this definition: something that actually exists. In other words, "Being A Leader" is about accepting … Continue reading Being A Leader
