I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
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Tags: Leadership Skill, Leadership Skills, Transformational Leadership
There is a wonderful framing of true leadership skills in the blog post at The Practice of Leadership titled Are You a Leader or Just a Boss? (http://dld.bz/cPbx). Here’s a quote from the post: Just having a title does not make you a leader, leaderships is about influence. Title only buys you time to exercise true leadership, and in this time your leadership either increases or diminishes and eventually fails. There is a huge difference between being a boss and being a leader…
Tags: Conflict in the Workplace, Leadership Skills, teamwork, Transformational Leadership
Authenticity is Great Leadership
As I interviewed Jim Hart for the May 10, 2010 edition of Monday Morning Email (http://dld.bz/cNKu) I really resonated with his perspective on leadership in the church. This newsletter is for those who plan and lead worship ministries. Jim served the church for many years and now is President of the Webber Institute for Worship Studies in Florida. One comment jumped out at me that supports a major principle of Transformational Leadership – Authenticity.
Tags: Conflict in the Workplace, Leadership Skills, leadership systems, listening, teamwork, Transformational Leadership
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. - Abraham Lincoln
Look in the mirror. Would you be inspired by you? It has been said that we are the result of the 5 people we hang around the most. Who do you want to influence you? How do you want to influence others?
Tags: Conflict in the Workplace, Leadership Skills, team conflict, Transformational Leadership
Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. – Howard Thurman
If you lead an organization or are preparing your self to lead the organization of your dreams, then be in touch with your passion. When I question leaders about their vision and then ask them to define their passion for that vision, I often get responses describing the desired results for others. Many times it takes quite a bit of of questioning to arrive at a definition of the passion that resides in the heart of the leader. Once we arrive at that moment of clarity in the discussion, then it is possible to move forward and describe desired outcomes and know that there is a good chance of achieving those outcomes.
Tags: leadership systems, team conflict, The Definitive Leader, Transformational Leadership
Recently while interviewing United Methodist Bishop William Willimon (read the interview at Monday Morning Email April 12) we explored the value of clarity for leaders in any field even though he was defining the issue for church leaders, I find it is a universal issue.
Tags: Conflict in the Workplace, Leadership Skills, Transformational Leadership
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