Like any organization, the Board of an organization is a work in progress. Most boards are always changing, adapting, stalling or redefining. This is normal because we live in a world where change is a part of every conversation, every…
Category: Leadership Coaching
Make Your Board WORK
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Organizational Development Tagged with: Board Leadership, effective boards, non-profit boards, roadblocks, sticky teams
Different Types of Boards for Different Organizations
When you speak of board leadership and accountability, it becomes very important to understand what the board’s responsibilities are. Some boards have not defined the role of the board or, more importantly, the role of the board members. That can…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Organizational Development Tagged with: accountability, Advisory, board, Board Leadership, Board of Directors, Funding, management, Non-Profit Governance, Operational, Policy, Reference
Hunting for Owls (Leveraging WISDOM)
“The wise old owl”. That’s how most of us think of these nocturnal birds of prey. The link between owls and wisdom most likely began with their association with Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom. Athena was often depicted holding…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: experience, investing, leverage, Mentoring, wisdom
Leveraged Lives in Canada
We’ve been talking about LEVERAGE for the past number of weeks, and have looked at many different sides of it. Today in this post I want to talk about how one couple used LEVERAGE to create a Kingdom Impact. Paul…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: impact, investing, Kingdom Impact, leverage, leveraged lives, stewardship
Leverage Your Life: Live Healthier
In Tom Rath’s book, “Eat, Move, Sleep” (©2013 Tom Rath), he challenges us from his personal experience to realize that our health affects our impact. Our health, and how we take care of our bodies, has a direct connection to…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: exercise, Health, leadership edge, leverage, michael hyatt, Tom Rath
Leverage: Diminisher or Multiplier?
I’ve been asked over the past 3 weeks by different people from different parts of the world this question: How can I build my team with the right kind of people? I’ve provided a wide variety of answers, ideas, suggestions…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Leadership Community, Organizational Development, Personal Leadership Tagged with: diminisher, investor, leverage, micro manage, multiplier, talent, team building
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Leveraging Your Team for Greater Impact I’m a sucker for historical biographies. The one that’s got me hooked right now is a book called “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown. It tells the inspiring story of nine…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: gold medal, greater impact, leverage, teamwork, what matters?
Simple Goals
We’ve been talking about GOALS this month. The purpose is to help you understand the importance of creating goals in your life and in your work. I’ve received some comments from people who are just overwhelmed by the work involved…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: action steps, fear, goals, simple goals, SMART Goals, visibility, write your goals
The Goal
Years ago, someone gave me the book, “The Goal”, by Eliyahu M. Goldratt & Jeff Cox. I remember picking it up years ago, and thinking that it was a book about “Goal Setting”, only to be disappointed at first that…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Organizational Development, Personal Leadership, Uncategorized Tagged with: decision making, fear, Focus, goal setting, goals, independence, priorities, SMART Goals, team, theory of constraint
Get In The Ring: Embracing Healthy Conflict In Your Team
As Patrick Lencioni said in his book The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, “Fear of Conflict” is one of the things that can cripple a team. I used to avoid conflict because it made me feel uncomfortable, over the last few…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: conflict, growth, honesty, Lencioni, Paul, ring, team building
