Some of the worst leadership decisions take place simply because the wrong person made the decision. As a leadership mentor told me years ago, “If you’re not clear who is supposed to make the decision, things will get very fuzzy, very fast.” Several years ago the organization I was with had partnered with another organization to present…
3 Vital Leadership Truths in Humility I Learned…from a Place Kicker
On September 22, 2012, a moment took place at a Canadian Football League game that provided a textbook leadership lesson. And it had nothing to do with the game itself. It took place in the locker room of the British Columbia Lions moments after their game against the Edmonton Eskimos. In the late stages of…
4 Ways to Lead by NOT Showing Up
Originally posted March 6, 2012 Leadership is mostly about “showing up”; it’s often about leveraging your presence in a room in order to influence, to cast vision, to bring alignment and to build teams. But effective leaders I know are just as strategic about leveraging their absence in order to move their organizations forward. Here…
Oh Canada, What a Responsibility
As I prepare for the last leg of my journey, which has seen me connecting with international church leaders in Frankfurt, Germany and here in Atlanta, GA, I make my way home with two powerful symbols dominating my thinking. The first, and by far most important, is the cross. At every turn I was confronted…
