Tag «leadership»
The Power of Believing in People, Starting with Yourself
The Valley of Transition: 7 Lessons from 6 Months of Radical Change
10 Dos and Don’ts for Handling Difficult Conversations
No one looks forward to dealing with difficult issues, but confronting problems is an essential part of being an effective leader. Chris Sonksen outlines four wrong approaches and six more constructive ways to handle difficult conversations if division, dissention, mission drift, or other difficulties plague your leadership teams or staff. You know in your heart […]
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Does Love Work as a Leadership Principle?
Do I Believe The Best In Others?
Do I believe the best in others? This is a question that I’ve been asking myself a lot lately. Because believing the best in others is not something to be assumed; you must be intentional in checking the lens you’re looking through when viewing others. John Maxwell teaches a simple exercise to help cultivate the…
An anecdote for COVID-19
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on our lives. We went from a booming economy to great uncertainty almost overnight. We have seen illness, death, job loss, social unrest, increased anxiety, and a loss of normalcy in our lives. We are grieving over many things, including the sense of security many thought we possessed. But the truth…
4 step church vision inventory
There’s a difference between a movement and a promotion. A promotion starts big but quickly fades. A movement starts small but eventually builds. As leaders, we should be about movements — building something that lasts over time. Many organizations spend more energy promoting events and products instead of reinforcing vision. Sure, promotions have their…
When Will Your Organization Have Its “Feel-It Moment”?
How can we build Great Teams within our organizations? And how can we sustain excellence once Greatness is captured? To find answers, where might we turn for a model of success? I suggest you start with USA Basketball. The collection of elite NBA and college basketball talent once known as the Dream Team lost its…
5 Key Resilience Traits You Need
This message is excerpted from the book Life Coaching for Successful Women: Powerful Questions, Practical Answers by Valorie Burton. Research shows that resilient people think differently. They have a set of skills – sometimes learned, other times innate – that allow them to persevere, manage stress, and triumph in the face of challenges. In the midst of…