The answer to that question reveals if we’re selfish leaders or selfless leaders. It answers if the organization is about ourselves or if it’s about the vision. Wanting the best for the organization will be the result of doing what’s…
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Do I Want to BE the Best or Do I Want THE Best?
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Climb Every Mountain
Don’t worry, I’m not going to break into the wonderful song from the Sound of Music, but I am going to talk about “the mountain”. We’ve been talking about the role every leader plays in being a CHEERLEADER. This is…
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Encouraging Your Leaders
I used to think the best way to encourage my leaders was to always have the right answers for them, to be the “fix it” guy. I learned early on in marriage that most of the time, my wife didn’t…
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It’s Important to Encourage Others
I was distraught. I sat the bench most of that 8th grade year. I had high hopes for my basketball career. I made the team, I earned the spot, I practiced, I worked hard, but I didn’t play. My dreams…
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Are You a Head or a Claw
One of my favorite talks ever uses the illustration of a common hammer. The illustration looks at the 2 sides of a hammer: The HEAD is the part that is used to build. This is what you use to drive…
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Organizational Mavericks Part II
This is a follow-up to the first post on mavericks. Read it HERE. Henry Ford said, “I’m looking for a lot of men with an infinite capacity for not knowing what can’t be done.” We’re talking about mavericks within your…
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Basic Coaching Habit #10: Always Encourage
34 Leaders from 10 countries joined together for four days and developed these “Basic Coaching Habits for anyone asked to be a “coach”. When coaching someone, we must: #8) Always Encourage. Make sure the other person always leaves our conversation…
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Community
I just spent a number of days with a bunch of guys I’ve been journeying with over the past 7 years. We came together this year again, and I was reminded of a number of things as it relates to…
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#1) Understand the Role of the Leader
The Seven Goals of Success First goal: Understand the role of the leader. You have now discovered that you have some leadership skills, or have been given a leadership position and are either flattered, excited or scared to death. Leadership…
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#5) Strengthen Your Personal Evaluation System
The Seven Goals of Success Fifth Goal: Strengthen Your Personal Evaluation System We evaluate ourselves every day. Often it is as simple as looking in a mirror. As leaders, we are constantly wondering how we are coming across to others,…