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I have a friend who says: "Listen to everyone then eat the meat and spit out the bones." I hope you don't go hungry.Archive for Leadership
Delegate But Don’t Disengage
A good leader understands that delegating is not a license to disengage from the process.
Good leaders will allow others to take leadership roles but will stay involved in the activity and work. You see, very often a leader will delegate and then disengage. BIG MISTAKE. Your staff will notice the first sign of apathy or disinterest. Don’t misunderstand. Don’t micro-manage but, do stay engaged in the daily work. So often visionaries get bored and move on to the next thing while the team is still struggling to finish the last project. Your staff will do what you do. Your team will act the way you do. The culture of any organization takes on the personality of it’s leadership. If you don’t like your corporate culture, it’s probably your fault. Stop disengaging and pay attention. You won’t believe what you’ve been missing.
Sometimes, Lonely Is Good
“I’m the loneliest I have ever been in my life.” Those are the words I heard coming out of my mouth when over lunch one day, my friend asked me how I was doing. Read the rest of this entry »
The Power Of Zero
So, I’m sitting at home the other day watching a program about the origins of mathematics. I know you are thinking to yourself “How boring is this guy’s life that he watches a show like that?” but hang in there with me. It was quite interesting. Read the rest of this entry »
Just Between You And Me…..
discord: noun = strife conflict, friction, hostility, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, bad feeling, ill feeling, bad blood, argument, quarreling, squabbling, bickering, wrangling, feuding, contention, disagreement, dissension, dispute, difference of opinion, disunity, division, opposition; infighting.
Does this sound like where you work? Does this sound like your family? Does this sound like your ministry? If it does, you’re probably are more to blame than you think. Bear with me, I’ll explain in a minute. Read the rest of this entry »
Partiality
It’s amazing what proximity to a celebrity will do to some people. Read the rest of this entry »
Equal Is Not Fair
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I have spent some time observing people and am convinced most people do not know the difference between the definitions of fair and equal. In case you did not know, they do not mean the same thing. Yet as I watch all that goes on around me, it becomes apparent that many are quite ignorant of this fact.
How Did Jesus Connect To His Culture?
He Had Subtle Creativity – John 4:7 “…..Please give me a drink.”
Jesus always had a keen way of getting people’s attention and getting his point across. He hardly ever mentioned “religious” things. Read the rest of this entry »
Three C’s
I’m in this prayer meeting the other day and this thought occurs to me; What is it going to take for me to really focus on the things that matter? I find that I waste a lot of time on things that are just not a priority. I even do this in my own prayer life. Read the rest of this entry »
What’s Behind You?
leadership: what you must leave behind
How badly do want to be a leader? Have you thought about the price you will pay? What are you willing to give up and leave behind?
Some people just don’t understand the question. Read the rest of this entry »
The Unseen Cost of Legacy
As I watch the drama of the BIG THREE automakers unfold, my first reaction is to smugly say, let them go out of business. They are getting what they deserve. After consistently caving in to the greedy Unions, offering pension plans and promises they can’t afford and repeatedly rewarding incompetence with huge salaries, big bonuses and golden parachutes for the CEO’s who actually do get terminated, what can they expect?
Think about it. The problem with the BIG THREE is not that they produce a bad product. It is not that they cannot deliver. It’s not even about the actual cost of the product. Their problem? Legacy. Read the rest of this entry »
