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Author Archives: Steve
Discarded Leadership
When is the experience and expertise of the older generations irrelevant? When do we discard the leadership skills and wisdom learned through years of experience? I struggle with this. The management and leadership concepts practiced in past generations are typically … Continue reading
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Truth or Consequences
Do you remember the television show Truth or Consequences? On the show, people had to answer a trivia question correctly (usually an off-the-wall question that no one would be able to answer correctly, or a bad joke) and had about … Continue reading
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The Quest for Significance
I have been asked to post this again . . . move it ‘up to the top.’ I struggle with this . . . we all do to some degree. We all want to be recognized for what we … Continue reading
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Crucial Conversations
Have you ever engaged in a conversation where – for all intents and purposes – it began as a healthy dialogue about one topic and deteriorated into a heated debate about another? With good intentions, have you entered a discussion … Continue reading
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Servant Leadership
Leaders strengthen others when they give their own power away. This is a paradox that can prove true only by leaders who have bowed their hearts and knees as servants of the King.
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Servant Leadership
There is nothing more rewarding than when students understand the most important component of ‘true’ leadership. During a recent teaching trip to Jamaica, Louise summed it up with this statement . . . “I came here to learn how to … Continue reading
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Leadership Competencies
For over six decades, Warren Bennis has been studying leadership. In a 2007 article penned for American Psychologist’s special issue on leadership, Bennis admittedly asserts there is still such a small body of knowledge of which he is certain. This … Continue reading
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Leadership Training
Think about this . . . It is inconceivable to presume a person can function as an astrophysicist or surgeon without formal training and experience. Yet, we place a person in a position of leadership without providing him or her … Continue reading
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How the Mighty Fall
“Whether you prevail or fail, endure or die, depends more on what you do to yourself than on what the world does to you.” Jim Collins Decline can be avoided. Decline can … Continue reading
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Spiritual Leadership – principles of excellence for every believer
First published in 1967, the 2007 re-published version of J. Oswald Sanders’ Spiritual Leadership – principles of excellence for every believer is a ‘required reading’ to put on your book list. Sanders’ first chapter – An Honorable Ambition – opens … Continue reading
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