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…
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Get In The Ring: Embracing Healthy Conflict In Your Team
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: conflict, growth, honesty, Lencioni, Paul, ring, team building
Be A Trusted Person
“I got burned on trust. I trusted them and thought they trusted me, but they used me. Sometimes I hate trust. It hurts when I put myself out there and they take me for granted.” These are all thoughts I…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: honesty, team, the trust edge, tranparancy, trust, vulnerability
Sharing your Vision with Passion!
Have you ever heard someone share their vision with you, and you find yourself bored? You don’t engage, you aren’t excited, and you really don’t care. If their vision matches their method of sharing that vision, you really don’t want…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: audience, authenticity, honesty, messaging, passion, trust, vision, vulnerability
Let Your Wall Down
I’ve been studying the concept of “transparency” with a group of students over the past number of weeks, and I’ve been challenged to examine this area of my own life, instead of telling others how to live this way. Patrick…
Posted in Personal Leadership Tagged with: genuine, honesty, leadership, open, real, transparent, vulnerable
Do as I Do
Do you remember the common saying, “Do as I say, not as I do“? I’m sure as a parent I’ve used this line before probably as I was trying to justify my behavior to my kids, trying to get them…
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Learning to be Honest
I was recently speaking at a men’s gathering, and I shared a story from my past that was a really hard time in my life. I shared about the challenges I had faced, I shared about my struggle to get…
Learning about Partnerships
I’ve been in partnership with many different people and countless organizations over the past 25 years. In some ways, I would even call myself some kind of an “expert” in partnerships. I know how they work and I see great…
#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,…