Many organizations do not achieve their true potential because they leave much of their power on the table. Organizations often have a culture that prevents people from bringing their full potential to the organization. While an organization...
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Authenticity brings the real person. Authenticity is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as “the quality of being real or true.” It is also frequently defined as being genuine or worthy of belief. Of course, the opposite of being authentic is to...
Read moreThe Best Bosses Are Humble Bosses
“After decades of screening potential leaders for charm and charisma, some employers are realizing they’ve been missing one of the most important traits of all: humility.” Thus begins an article by Sue Shellenbarger in an article written for The...
Read moreGremlins
Since I am writing this on the morning of Halloween, I thought it appropriate to think about gremlins. Not the gremlins that are children dressed in costumes or the gremlins that are decorations in the neighbors’ yards. The gremlins that we are...
Read moreTell Me More About….
Stepping Into Negative Emotions As a leader, what do you do when you meet with someone who is in a negative or heightened emotional state, perhaps either very angry or sad to the point of tears. A heightened emotional state in another person...
Read moreKeep the Change!
The best leaders continually seek to grow in order to become even more effective. They seek new skills and they seek to build their character so that tomorrow’s version is better than today’s. As a part of growth comes change. In delving into our...
Read moreTeam or Simply Workgroup?
In recent years the use of the word team has become more popular in organizations. Instead of the executive staff we now have the leadership team. Instead of the sales department or the salesforce we have the sales team. When we need to work on a...
Read moreBe Slow to Anger
In two recent articles we have been examining communications and the wisdom presented in the letter from James in the Bible when we are told that “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry”(James 1:20b NIV). This...
Read moreBe Slow to Speak
To be an effective leader, one must be an effective communicator. For a leader, communication is much more than the transfer of information, it is connection and inspiration. Communication is necessary for developing alignment and executing...
Read moreBe Quick to Listen
To be an effective leader, one must be an effective communicator. For a leader, communication is much more than the transfer of information, it is connection and inspiration. Communication is necessary for developing alignment and executing...
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