When people ask me about the biggest leadership lesson I’ve learned, my mind quickly races back to a critical moment fairly early in my leadership. It was when I learned that the effectiveness of my leadership was tied to how I think about time. I had recently been moved up into my first middle manager…
Why the Big Picture is Such a Big Deal for Leaders
If you do nothing else as a leader this week, keep the big picture front and center for everyone to see and grasp. Because in leadership, painting the big picture is a very big deal. This was vividly demonstrated a few years ago in the locker room of a pro hockey team. It was late…
3 Ways “God-Sized Dreams” Can Hurt Your Leadership
Updated from May 8, 2014 post “What is your God-sized dream?” How many times have you heard a Christian leader challenge you with those words? The concept of the God-sized dream usually equates to an expectation that a leader will devote their energies towards those things which are sizable, significant, and expansive. These, by apparent…
4 Surprising Disciplines Effective Leaders Must Master
Update from May 5, 2014 post Leaders must be people of extraordinary discipline. But the types of disciplines effective leaders must master could surprise you. In his celebrated leadership book, Great by Choice, Jim Collins unpacks the profound wisdom of the leader’s “20 mile march”. Collins argues that the discipline of consistency is one of the…
The 5 “Isms” of Insecure Leadership
Updated from February 17, 2014 post “A lot can happen when you have an insecure leader. None of it very good.” That wisdom from a church leader with whom I served in Canada has stayed with me for years. He was pointing out that an insecure leader will inevitably speak or act in ways that…
