Heading into this year’s U.S. Thanksgiving weekend I have found a particular leadership thought running through my mind. How much mental energy is drained by worry? Few resources are more important to the vitality of a leader than mental energy. The ability to solve problems, build teams, cast vision and plan strategy all require significant…
Why Effective Leaders Never Say, “I’m So Busy!”
Updated from June 29, 2015 post Every leader has seasons on their calendar which are more intense than others. I’ve just completed a season of trips seeing me visit Global Leadership Summit teams in eight countries, and each of these teams were steeped in the frantic pace that accompanies such an enormous effort. But I…
Which Team Are you Leading Anyways?
During a stop on my leadership trip here in Asuncion, Paraguay, a discussion with one of my South American colleagues reminded me of a key leadership truth. Every leader leads two teams; there’s the team you inherited, and there’s the team you built. The team you inherited were already in place before you showed up.…
3 Ways Leaders Can Win the Entitlement Battle
Recently, at a leadership gathering overseas, a slight mix-up in logistics resulted in a colleague and I being left behind. At the conclusion of the day’s meetings it seemed no one was assigned to give us a ride back to the hotel. We were stranded, for almost three hours. At one point my colleague turned…
How Great Leaders Respond When the Pressure is On
At the 2015 Global Leadership Summit, Bill Hybels spoke of a season in which he found himself under enormous pressure. The problem was, he explained, he tended to put everyone around him under tremendous pressure too. Bill’s self-awareness helped him to learn to cope with pressure in a way that didn’t cause everyone in his…
