Work Habits and Hybels’ 6×6
on August 7, 2015
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Start with the “Why”
on August 4, 2015
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Growing Leaders: Cultivation or Certification?
on July 1, 2015
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How are you growing as a leader? In my study and application of leadership over the past two decades I find that there are two approaches: technical-based and character-based. The technical approach involves skills, tools, frameworks, and templates in … Read More
What Do You See: The Face of God or Cogs in a Machine?
on June 13, 2015
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When you look at the people you lead – direct reports, employees, volunteers, people in your organization, movement, community – what do you see? Do you see the face of God or do you see cogs in a machine? While … Read More
What motivates me?
on June 3, 2015
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I recently watched an intriguing webinar from VitalSmarts that look at research into personal motivation. Joseph Grenny interviewed Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick, researchers and co-authors of What Motivates Me? where they discovered 23 unique motivators which can be classified … Read More
Balance for Leaders
on June 3, 2015
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There are many common statements in our culture and among people such as, “I’m so busy” or, “I need more balance” or, “I feel burned out”. Most people are coveting “balance” in their lives. They are searching for it but … Read More
What is the greatest need of the hour?
on May 27, 2015
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I recently attended an event where a presenter relayed a conversation he’d had about leadership. He was in Aman, Jordan where he was invited to meet Prince Ra’ad, last heir to the throne in Iraq and cousin of the former … Read More
Can Will Power Be Learned?
on May 21, 2015
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Will power is essential for any virtuous person and especially for the virtuous leader. The ability to delay gratification, to put off something good today for something even better in the future, is classically associated with the virtue of temperance. … Read More
Are Greatness and Humility in Opposition?
on May 5, 2015
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Should virtuous leaders desire greatness or should virtuous leaders seek to be humble? On first consideration, one might think that if leaders seek to become great, then they can’t be humble. Or one might think that in order to be … Read More
Time Management Assessment
on May 1, 2015
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The challenge we have as leaders is to effectively invest our time. There are so many things that we can be doing, and managing them all can become difficult. But in order to be effective we need to be masters over … Read More