3 Steps for Building a Highly Relational Organizational Culture
Leadership is ultimately about people, but many leaders often lose sight of this amidst the busyness of their schedules and the pressures of deadlines. In order to develop a highly engaged, high-performing team, you must ensure that you don’t neglect building quality relationships with your followers. While doing this isn’t necessarily easy, you can become […]
3 Strategic Action Steps for Helping Your Followers Reach New Levels of Success
Teaching your followers what to do is critical to your organization’s success. However, it can’t stop there if you want to achieve peak performance. It also requires equipping them for growth so they (and you) can experience greater success. As with other key aspects of leadership, many leaders find themselves unsure about how to do […]
3 Powerful Steps to Develop a High-Performing Team
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text] Developing people is a critical task for all leaders, but it is often overlooked or placed on the back burner. This often happens because of the hectic pace of life and the […]
3 Critical Actions for Building a Culture of Accountability
Accountability is something most organizations and leaders desire, but few execute well. One key reason is because of a critical fear – “If I hold you accountable, you may just hold me accountable.” Yikes! However, accountability is vital to the health and success of any team or organization. If this is so important, how can […]
3 Intentional Steps to Become a More Enthusiastic Leader
With the hectic pace of life and business these days, many people are feeling worn down and continually exhausted. This can significantly diminish our productivity, as well as, our enthusiasm for anything we want to accomplish personally and professionally. However, we’ve all run across people who seem to have endless amounts of energy even amidst […]
The Value of Adding Love to Your Leadership Formula
“Love” has been hijacked by all sorts of perverted and limited definitions for a very long time. However, it is much broader than the romanticized, fantasized, and even sexualized versions that we see on television, in movies, and online. At its core, love is about caring for and seeking the best interest of others. Yes, […]
The Power of and Necessity for Creativity in Leadership
Most adults believe they’re not very creative or they don’t understand how to express their creativity professionally. Somewhere along the way while growing up, creativity seems to vanish as children become adults. That’s my story. I had a very limited understanding of my personal creativity until I was well into my adult life and wrote […]
How Insight Can Become an X-Factor in Your Leadership
Have you ever ignored the feeling that something was “off” in a particular situation only to regret it later? Do you ever sense that something isn’t quite right, but you can’t easily define it in the moment? Many leaders reflect on past situations and wish they would’ve acted on these feelings or thoughts once the […]
Three Critical Steps for Becoming a Leader Who Multiplies Leaders
Many people want to become better leaders, but make a fatal mistake along the way. They stop prioritizing continual learning and begin to believe they know enough to get by in their roles. Years ago, I had key mentors instill in me the concepts that “leaders are learners” and “leaders are readers”. At the time […]
3 Key Actions for Leading With Excellence
Many leaders chase perfection while overlooking excellence. Excellence and perfection are not the same things. Be careful not to confuse the two. Perfection is rarely achieved while excellence can be sought after daily. At its core, excellence can be defined as “doing the best you can with what you have”. If you want to become […]