What disciplines will you introduce, or re-commit to, in order to keep your leadership tank filled in 2022? For leaders of faith, I strongly urge a steady diet of engagement with the bible, and there’s no better time to dive in to such a discipline. Would you consider 2022 as the year you read the…
How To Prepare Your Soul For More Effective Leadership In 2022
There will be hundreds of posts readily available this week to help you set new leadership targets for 2022. Today, I want to ask you a very different leadership question: “Is my soul in a better place today than it was a year ago?” For 12 months you’ve been doing the hard work of leadership.…
The Christmas Season Is Full Of Leadership Insights. This Is How To Find Them.
A leader must be as relentlessly protective of their people as they are zealously focused on their goal. And as the Christmas season is upon us, you can find a vivid picture of how these two vital leadership principles can be intertwined by looking at one of the time-honored carols of the season. In Good King Wenceslas you…
The Surprising Christmas Gift Every Leader Can Give This Year
Leaders have the power to give the gift of happiness, or of unhappiness, to those they lead. And the Christmas season is an ideal time to assess how effectively you have been distributing this precious commodity. This is not to say that the primary role of the leader is merely to ensure the personal well-being…
How to Design A Powerful Start to a Great Leadership Day
What you accomplish in your day is largely driven by the momentum you have when you start the day. Watch the most effective leaders. You’ll find that they hit the ground running each morning, and that early momentum continues throughout the day. The “secret sauce” of that momentum often found in the decluttering of their…