Equipping Leaders To Multiply
My friend Alan Danielson has recently released an E book entitled Triple Threat Leadership. This book is a quick, practical and entertaining read. Alan explains that there are three essential skills every leader needs to be aware of in order to have maximum success: The ability to cast Vision, the ability to create Strategy and the ability to foster Relationships. All are necessary, but we don’t have them all naturally. Each of us tend to…Continue Reading
When you promote someone to a new position you have high expectations for the results they’ll produce. But it doesn’t always work out the way you anticipated. Sometimes they flounder, make major mistakes and fail to live up to your expectations. If these performance problems aren’t dealt with things could go from bad to worse. To help them turn things around will require appropriate diagnosis and coaching. In the Leadership Pipeline, Ram Charan gives a…Continue Reading
All of us want to give our best and be recognized for a job well done. However some people spend their time, energy and efforts seeking a promotion or higher position in their organization. When this becomes our focus we make decisions based on what’s best for “me” rather than what’s best for the organization. Instead of building relationships with the whole team, emphasis is put on relationships that will benefit my career ambitions. Rather…Continue Reading
I will forever marvel at Jesus mastery of leadership development. His every word and every movement was filled with great intentionality. As I was reflecting recently on Mark 1:16-18 I was fascinated by his purposeful wording as he recruited Peter and Andrew into a discipling relationship, “Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” When he said, “Come follow me.” he was inviting them into a relationship, into community, a place where they would…Continue Reading
If we want to maximize the God given opportunities of our lives then it’s essential that we operate in our strengths. Marcus Buckingham defines a strength as “consistent near perfect performance in an activity.” This is a simple but profound description of a strength. When we operate in our strengths results come easy, our work is almost effortless and we experience a deep sense of satisfaction and joy. While I’m a big proponent of knowing…Continue Reading