Leadership boils down to what we do, not the results of a spiritual gifts assessment or Myers-Briggs assessment. These are good tools to help evaluate an individual and their leadership “potential,” but they do not tell us whether or not a person is good at leadership. Going to school, no matter how advanced the degree(s) or prestigious the school, doesn’t make a person a good leader. Good leadership is about putting … [Read more...]
Eliminate Fear
The 4th Leadership Fundamental
I still remember when I first heard about the concept of “driving out fear.” It was 1987 and I was a Production Supervisor. The company for which I was working (Micro Motion, Inc.) was beginning to embrace the “Continuous Improvement Process” (CIP). Gene Perkins, the President of the company, had read the book Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming. Reading this book and beginning to embrace Deming’s “14 Points” … [Read more...]