If you've followed this site at all, you know that the topic of leadership is one of my favorites. I've shared my opinion many times that "good leaders are extremely rare." Why? Successful leaders are few and far between because of the HUGE challenge of influencing the behavior of others. And, influencing the behavior of others in a positive, God-honoring, productive way is even more difficult. My love of the … [Read more...]
Infrastructure And Leadership
Believing That Lack Of Solid Infrastructure Is A Leadership Issue
Truly good leadership is hard to find. Many people in leadership positions (it has been my experience) shouldn't be. It's sad but true. So, when an organization is fortunate enough to have solid leadership in place, leveraging it is HUGE. It's all about scalability! How can an organization leverage its leadership? Its knowledge? There are only so many leadership people to go around, and good leaders are extremely … [Read more...]
Be Very Accessible
The 7th Leadership Fundamental
I believe leadership is more about "being a servant" than it is about "being served." I've been around many people in leadership positions that don't get this. Amazing isn't it? Let me illustrate my point. As a leader what I most often do is delegate, direct, answer questions, solve problems, etc. In other words, I don't actually "do" anything. So why am I here? I'm here to enable others to be effective ... to … [Read more...]
They Is We
The 5th Leadership Fundamental
The older I get, the more I realize the number of pet peeves I have. For the most part, they are pretty useless; they don’t really do anyone any good. They just bother me and nobody really knows anything about them. Here’s one, though, that I think has some merit … I really hate it when a member of management refers to “management” as “they.” I remember when I first went to work for Comcast. I was leading a … [Read more...]