Leadership Blog Network

One thing that disgusts me these days is how comfortable people have become with lying. Not telling the truth has become so common place and accepted, that you don't know who to believe about anything anymore. People hide their thoughts, their feelings, and their perceptions. Now I'm not saying that everyone is bad, because there is nobody that tells the truth at all anymore. But what I am saying is that the idea of not being truthful is becoming more and more acceptable. However, as is... Read Full Story

"A man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ignorant with its ignorance." -Henry David Thoreau, American Author and Philosopher, Henry David Thoreau books// The seeds of ignorance are sown in the fields of silent judgment, and the bounty of misinformation is spread throughout a community by the righteously misinformed. Why is it that people feel so comfortable judging what they don't understand? It is alarming to think how many congregations, work groups or communities are lead... Read Full Story

Tightrope walking is the art of walking across a rope or wire usually suspended over great heights. This act requires incredible balance and focus, because with one slightly wrong move the walk could be over. Depending on the safety precautions taken, tightrope walking could be a very dangerous sport. However, while the dangers of this activity could be enough to scare some people into not even wanting to attempt it, the reward for succeeding in it must be great. Karl Wallenda (founder of the... Read Full Story

Does Fear control your ability to move forward towards your goals? For so many people it does. There is no other real explanation for our lowering our goals and aspirations. We lower them to meet our capabilities either personally or financially. Our doubts and our fears define our comfort zone and it is our comfort zone that we feel the best in. Our comfort zone is in direct proportion to our achievement zone or our wealth zone. It stands to reason then that we should always be working on... Read Full Story

One of the most fascinating secrets about attracting prosperity and abundance into our lives is that the more we share what we have and give away freely, the more we get. The practice of giving has been one that has brought ultimate success to individuals and nations that have done it. The early Chinese, Romans, Egyptians, Persians and others have been among those who have deliberately used this success principle and prospered greatly by it. You make a living by what you get. You make a life... Read Full Story

Executive Coaching has specific goals and desired outcomes. Companies and leaders frequently view executive coaching as a one-on-one leadership development process for valued leaders. Increasingly, executive coaching seeks to enhance the performance of high-potential executives. Source: Executive Coaching for Results - Goals and Outcomes of Effective Executive Coaching Read Full Story

This book is changing my life. Actually, it's a group of three books. One is Bonds That Make Us Free , which I reviewed earlier in a review I still think needs updated. The second is Leadership and Self Deception . Leadership and Self Deception is a business book. The Arbinger Institute originally did business consulting, teaching certain principles to businesses about interpersonal relationships and leadership. But as time went on, the implications of their philosophies for families and... Read Full Story

Studies of workplace behaviors reveal some startling statistics with regard to the impact that conflict has on business performance. One study indicates that two out of three employee performance problems can be traced to unresolved interpersonal conflicts. Another study estimates that the average manager spends something like forty percent of their time addressing workplace conflicts.Here are four specific things that leaders can do to reduce team conflicts... Read Full Story

There are two levels to "Leadership" training. The first is attributes . That's who you are. The second is technique. That's what you do. So any leadership training would have to focus on both levels.to have two-level leadership training. You deal partly with what a leader needs to be , and partly with what a leader can do. I see it kind of like this--if you want to build buildings, there are two levels to what you have to learn. First, you've got the principles of construction. Where do you... Read Full Story

Happy New Year! I've been agonizing a bit about what to write in this first post of 2008 ... partly because I'm alternating between writing a proposal and a capabilities presentation ... yes, I'm writing to you as my "study break!" ;-) And, also because I felt like the first post had to be profound (you know, the coach has to share a big "A-HA!" to start off the year with a bang). I've also been wrestling with where to come down on the whole resolution thing. It's true that my coaching and... Read Full Story