Warning! It Is not my intent to make anyone mad. If you are not a Bible believing Christian, do not read further. It will only make you mad. If you are a Bible believing Christian leader, it is urgent you read this. Today’s Mindfulness Mindfulness is all the rage. It is touted as the panacea… Continue reading Mindfulness For The Christian Leader: It’s Not What You Think!
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Are You A Servant Leader? Count The Cost
Servant leadership. According to John Ballard, Ph.D. servant leadership was the second most searched leadership style on Google behind transformational leadership. Furthermore The Leadership Quarterly reports that empirical studies of leadership styles only focused n servant leadership 1% of the time. What this means is that people are interested in servant leadership, possibly in even… Continue reading Are You A Servant Leader? Count The Cost
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“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adam
The Sloppiness Of Thought Leadership Is Killing Employee Engagement
The quality of leadership is suffering. We see that in all types of organizations and at all levels. One of the many reasons for this deterioration of leadership quality is the lack of rigor and precision in many so-called thought leaders. Many people assume the mantle of consultant and thought leader in the field of… Continue reading The Sloppiness Of Thought Leadership Is Killing Employee Engagement
Are You An Optimistic Leader: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
I. What is an optimistic leader? One of the best illustrations comes from Colin Powell. Powell says that great leaders know things will get better because they themselves will make them better. The following was drilled into Powell during his military training: “Lieutenant, you may be starving, but you must never show hunger. You may… Continue reading Are You An Optimistic Leader: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Dissecting Frogs And Consistent Leadership Behavior
I earned a Bachelor of Science degree from college. To obtain this prestigious degree I had to participate in multiple labs where I performed all kinds of acts against nature. One specific laboratory action stood out: dissection. I had the joy of dissecting earthworms, frogs and fetal pigs. I would carefully cut open the animal… Continue reading Dissecting Frogs And Consistent Leadership Behavior
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The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. C.S. Lewis
When Upper Management Becomes the Enemy: The Role Of The Heat Shield Part 2
In Part 1 the importance of and decision when to play the role of the heat shield were discussed. This post looks at how to perform the role of the heat shield in a professional manner in order to maintain the leader’s effectiveness in the organization. How Heat Is Deflected To understand this action, it… Continue reading When Upper Management Becomes the Enemy: The Role Of The Heat Shield Part 2
When Upper Management Becomes the Enemy: The Role Of The Heat Shield Part 1
Organizational Heat and Pressure “As an object encounters the atmosphere, air cannot move out of the way due to the hypersonic velocity, and instead it piles up ahead of the object and compresses into a shock wave. The gases there are compressed rapidly enough to heat up to 20,000 degrees or more, and because of… Continue reading When Upper Management Becomes the Enemy: The Role Of The Heat Shield Part 1
How The Misuse of A Key Part of Equal Employment Opportunity Killed The Search For Talent
If I were to enter the workforce today, there is no way I would be considered or hired for the jobs in which I started my career. After graduating from college with a liberal arts degree I entered the Army, went to Vietnam and came back to the states and entered the workforce with a… Continue reading How The Misuse of A Key Part of Equal Employment Opportunity Killed The Search For Talent