Leadership Tips

How To Become An Indispensable Employee

The job market is fluid, and depending on the economy and other internal factors, organizations can find themselves needing to cut workers or restructure to stay afloat or streamline expenses. So what can you, as an employee, do to make yourself a team member that your company won't want to lose? Every organization has employees

Leadership Development –Six Tips For Delegating Tasks In The Workplace

An important leadership skill that any good leader must master is the ability to delegate tasks. This is especially difficult for “helicopter managers” (those who hover over employees, micromanaging every aspect of a task). Conversely, there are other managers who delegate just about everything to others to avoid actually working themselves. Neither approach is balanced

Achieving Your GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAALS!

What do 2018 World Cup teams and your business have in common? You both need goals to survive and advance. Achieving goals isn't easy either on the soccer field or in the corporate world, but there are lessons we can learn from elite World Cup teams that can be applied to managing companies. Start with

Leadership Requires Sacrifice

It is once again that time of year when Christians reflect on the sacrifices made by Jesus Christ and what those sacrifices mean to them.  As a servant leader, Jesus modeled leadership traits and qualities for followers to emulate in their own lives.  One of the most poignant lessons of leadership to be drawn from

Six Keys To Effective Modern Leadership

As we sail through the 21st century, the critical need for effective leadership is becoming more and more obvious. It is so apparent that graduate courses in leadership studies are popping up in universities all over the country! Finally, the importance of leadership and the qualities that define a true leader are getting the recognition they deserve. While

The Importance Of Following Through

Nearly two weeks ago, an armed teenager walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and killed seventeen people.  Over a month before this massacre took place, the Federal Bureau of Investigation received information from a concerned citizen identifying the killer as dangerous based on the facts that he was armed, had previously

How To Be A Successful Boss

Let’s face it, we’ve all had them. Bosses that never seemed satisfied, were unapproachable to employees on the front lines, gave vague instructions and then became upset when tasks were not performed successfully, humiliated workers in person or through infamous “reply all” emails. Whether they realize it or not, these bosses often leave a trail

What Type Of Leader Are You?

As an effective personal leader, you should regularly perform a self-evaluation to reflect on the type of leader you are and decisions you have made. Doing this will help you  determine if your leadership is aligned with your values, vision, and long-term goals. Take a look at leadership types outlined below. What leadership style do

Five Challenges That Plague Local Government Agencies And How To Overcome Them

In recent years, scandals emanating from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Justice, the State Department, and the Internal Revenue Service have called into question the practices of these large federal bureaucracies and shaken people's confidence in their impartiality and fealty to the rule of law.  These scandals have led to both internal

The Twelve Principles Of Personal Leadership: Principle #12—Embracing Spirituality

In 2004, theoretical physicist and former ABC News science correspondent Michael Guillen wrote Can a Smart Person Believe in God? This thought-provoking book offers some insightful comments about the importance of spirituality in people’s lives. Guillen contends that there are two important and distinct qualities to human existence. The first quality, Intelligence Quotient, is well

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