Using a giving focus to building a business is one of the cornerstones of the book, The Go-Giver. It is a book that made me think, and it also made me wonder if a millenial would look at the message and wonder “What is the big deal about tha?”. They have it has part of their fabric already.
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Leaders – The 4 Questions We Are Afraid To Ask
Some questions are hard to ask. Not because they are difficult to word correctly, but because the potential answers make us nervous. Actually, we are afraid of the answers. Here are 4 questions that leaders fear asking, and 4 habits that help us ask them.
Four lessons from recruiting pastors – that any organization SHOULD use
How does recruiting a pastor teach you leadership? What can we learn be connecting with people who have decided to make a career out of not for profit leadership? Here are four things I learned from serving on a team tasked to find two new pastors. An
Key to identifying high potentials: ASK (Guest Post)
High potential programs are a great way to focus limited development resources (time and money) on the right people. Too often selection of these people does not include the step of asking. After all, why would anyone turn down a chance to make more money and become an executive?
Approachability: A practice
Coaching is often about helping people make significant changes through simple practices. The slow-flooding smile is one of those practices. Here is a way it might look, and the questions a coach might ask to reflect on the impact.
Start: Performance Conversations Stop: Performance Evaluations Here is a template.
Performance evaluations are a tool for leaders and followers. The outcome should be a great discussion with a plan for the coming year. Here is a template for how to do that in your organization.
Leadership: 3 Keys To Building Culture
Leadership is about creating culture. Sometimes that gets lost in the mix when we look at large and complex organizations. There are great examples of how this looks in a startup, and INC. magazine highlighted some in their June 2011 issue. Here are three things I took away from the article.
Ego and Leadership: My story
Is ego in leaders bad? When we think of ego we too often point to examples where ego has been the destruction of people. Barry Bonds. Bill Clinton. Marion Jones. Richard Nixon. The list could get long. We too often forget that ego is the reason many of these people succeeded in the first place. Ego deserves some exploration.
Great Teams are Like Great Family Vacations
Ever thought of leading a family vacation as leading a team? There are lots of similarities and family vacations can be looked at as an opportunity for professional development. Read on . . .
Breathing Rate vs Talent Management: What is healthy?
Organizations are run much like our culture – at high speed. Might be fine for getting work done, but what is the impact on how we manage our greatest resource – our people? Look no farther than comparing the breathing rate in Africa vs the United States.
Can You Hire and Lead the Ignorant?
Is ignorant a bad word? Should we hire the ignorant? The answers are No and Maybe. It takes a special leader to hire the ignorant and sometimes hiring them is a bad idea. It can also be a powerful word for pushing us to grow.
Written a note lately?
Do you write thank you notes? It is a powerful way to build trust with others and to monitor how well you are recognizing great things that people are doing around you.