LEADERSHIP BLOG
How do we avoid situations where the team talks about each other when there is some underlying conflict or frustration instead of talking to each other?
One of the most challenging aspects of leading your dream team is the human dynamics that emerge in communication, collaboration, or conflict....
"How do you lead well while grieving?"
In leadership you will face a variety of different seasons. Sometimes those seasons can be rough, and we will have to walk through grief while also leading well. That’s the focus of our listener’s question today and I am joined by Dr. Michaela...
"I work for a boss who does not have good boundaries around work and time. He expects me to continually live in crisis mode...responding to his urgent requests. How do I set and keep boundaries in my workplace so I don't sacrifice my family or my own health?"
Our last episode Eric Bailey and ...
"In a small organization how do I manage staff and provide effective leadership with my staff that have turned into friends?"
Why Friendship At Work?
The intersection of management and friendship can be a tricky one. What makes it tricky for you?
Some concerns I have heard in conversations...
We think of encouragement as a “nice to have” thing to lift us up on the bad days and supercharge our good days. What if it is not a “nice to have” but a truly necessary thing that we need? What if we are challenged in scripture to give encouragement daily?
“But...
In recent blogs, we have talked about why practicing empathy in the moment is important and what empathy is not. So, how does developing your empathy add value to how you lead?
Imagine a situation where your team member is not measuring up. They missed a deadline. They blew up at a co-worker or...
Empathy is a powerful emotion that can generate deeper understanding, and it is also an essential skill in every single leadership conversation. The productive dialogue that flows from an empathetic viewpoint offers alternative perspectives, increases productivity and generates buy-in...
Mothers and daughters often don’t see eye to eye. Last week, I had one of those not so fun mother-daughter interactions with my nine year old. She was getting emotional and so was I. However, her emotions were falling out all over the place and mine were tightly held inside.
I...
Being a mentor will cost you something: time, effort, energy. Busy leaders have limited capacity and many things that make demands on that capacity. So, why would you even consider being a mentor?
Some become a mentor because they see the long range impact of developing the next generation of...
Achieving our goals has gotten trickier in the last year. As we head into a new year, I would like to propose that a key factor in reaching our 2021 goals may be expanding the way we think about mentoring.
The act of learning through mentoring can come in many shapes and sizes....
Great leaders have personal growth plans. No matter how seasoned of a leader you are, we all have potential for growth. Someone out there is further along. Someone out there has experience to add to your thinking. Someone out there has questions you haven’t even thought to ask.
Here...
We have heard that it is better to give than to receive. The beauty of reciprocity is that when it comes to mentoring both giving and receiving can co-exist.
Mentoring, however, is not on the “radar screen” for everybody. It may be easier to put mentoring to the side because of the...
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