by admin | Apr 9, 2019 | Leadership, Success
According to the Servant Leader Institute (https://www.servantleadershipinstitute.com), there are nine behaviors of servant leaders. Are you putting them to work in your leadership role? I recently was exposed to this list and thought it was rather thorough. ...
by admin | Apr 2, 2019 | Coaching, Leadership
The past two weeks I shared part 1 and part 2 of a list of how to be a bad listener. These were inspired by a list from the book entitled “The Listening Life” by Adam S. McHugh, McHugh also offers some suggestions on how to be a good listener. In this...
by admin | Mar 26, 2019 | Coaching, Leadership
Last week we hit on the fun topic of “how to be a bad listener”. As I said, there are plenty of resources on how to be a good listener. But after reading “The Listening Life” by Adam S. McHugh, I was intrigued by his list on how to be a bad...
by admin | Mar 19, 2019 | Coaching, Leadership
There are plenty of books and blogs that will tell you how to be a good listener. After all, practicing good, active listening skills is critical for a leader to connect with their team. But after reading the book “The Listening Life” by Adam S. McHugh,...
by admin | Mar 12, 2019 | Leadership, Success
Someone once said “Integrity isn’t a value in an of itself, but it is a value that guarantees all the other values”. I believe that is quite true. In this installment of the “quality of a leader” series, we will examine the idea of...
by admin | Mar 5, 2019 | Business Growth, Strategy
I hope you have dreams. In a recent blog, I wrote about the importance of having dreams. Dreams drive innovation. They are the beginning of great change. Every innovative company began as a dream. But in order to bring a dream to reality, you have to be able to...
by admin | Feb 26, 2019 | Leadership, Success
While we all say we work on high-performing teams, statistics prove that this is simply not the case. According to numerous studies, fewer than 20% of teams are considered “high performing”. And as many as half of all teams are...
by admin | Feb 19, 2019 | Leadership, Success
Have you ever had a great idea, and have your boss, peer or team just shut it down? I know you have. It’s happened to all of us. And the truth is, we have probably done it to others as well. In a recent podcast entitled “Uniquely Better”, Andy...
by admin | Feb 12, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Success
Do you have dreams? I hope you do. Dreams are the beginnings of success. Every great innovation began with a dream. Pick a company that has made a big impact on the world: GE, Apple, Amazon. They began with a dream someone had. So do you have dreams? Sadly, it...
by admin | Feb 5, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Success
Innovation is critical for growth. For companies to truly stand out in a crowded market, they must find ways to innovate. Craig Groeschel, in his leadership podcast (episode 34), shared “the innovation equation”. It’s a great model for wrapping...
by admin | Jan 29, 2019 | Business Growth, Entrepreneurship, Leadership
Have you heard of this latest craze on the Internet, they call it the “Birdbox Challenge”. It’s inspired by a series on Netflix where people have to stay blindfolded in order to protect themselves from going crazy or some evil spirit. (Full...
by admin | Jan 29, 2019 | Coaching, Leadership
One of the definitions of leadership that I like goes something like this. A leader is someone who can get others to accomplish a goal that they would not do on their own accord. Let’s face it, if work were fun, we wouldn’t have to be paid to do it. ...
