Leader Growth

Jul 15 2013

Growing Leaders – 12 Things They Do Differently

What makes a growing leader different?

1. Generosity

To make a significant impact, be generous! Growing leaders share their knowledge, experience, resources, and compassion with others. They implicitly trust people – they freely give people the benefit of the doubt.

Give because giving is fun. Give because it makes people happy. Giving can change a life. Give because it will help your team. Give because it can change your organization. Giving will change the world. Give because you can’t go wrong.

2. Serve

Every day you have the opportunity to willingly place the needs, desires, and ambition of those you lead ahead of your own. The best leaders are servant leaders. Growing leaders serve.

Jul 08 2013

Culture-Shaping Leadership And Its 5 Components

qIs leadership really leadership if it’s not being passed on to others?

Ralph Nader once said: The function of leadership is to create more leaders, not more followers.

Culture-shaping leaders place the success of others, the team, and the organization above their own well-being. Often at great personal cost. They understand that there’s far more value and fulfillment in sacrifice than in self-preservation. And they consistently choose to serve future leaders in a way that makes them more successful.

And future leaders love them for it!

So if you’re energized by developing new leaders, here are 5 often-neglected factors that will take your leadership viral…

Jun 24 2013

6 Steps For Making Major Decisions – Free Template

When’s the last time you were faced with major decisions? College. New car. Marriage. Church. New home. New job.

In a world of abundant opportunities, how did you know FOR SURE you were making the right decision?

In this post, I’ll provide a tool that will help you sleep more soundly both while you’re contemplating a major decision and after you’ve decided.

Jun 19 2013

The adventure that is leading

Thirty years ago, when I accepted my first leadership role, I knew virtually nothing about leadership.

Perhaps your story is similar. Maybe you were handed a leadership position out of the blue – maybe you didn’t even want it. Suddenly, there you were – standing there. Everyone looking to you for direction, and you were still trying to figure out what just happened. Or maybe your journey was more traditional – you worked hard. Studied hard.

A mentor patiently guided you. You first learned to follow. Then to lead with passion, vision, and conviction. Read More

Jun 17 2013

The most influential people in the world

The most influential people in the world? Who are they?

More than 20 years ago, I heard a college professor say over and over throughout on of my courses – “Nothing is real until its personal.” What he was saying was, unless something has personal significance or touches your life in a tangible way, it won’t mean to you what it means to others.

Similarly, those people and events that hold personal significance to you may not be valued by others.

One’s influence is often directly related to their level of impact in your life or work.

Hundreds of people have helped me along the way. So it’s difficult to limit a list of people who have profoundly influenced my life.

So at the risk of overlooking some, here are the 5 most influential people in my world: