There’s an old saying that is generally very true: “Unsought feedback is rarely heeded.” Simply put, if somebody doesn’t ask for your feedback, they’re unlikely to follow it if you give to them. So, what do you do when you want to give feedback to someone outside of...
This is a guest post from Rodney Wardwell. Rodney is a pastor, church planter, author, and hosts the podcast, Unthinkable Leaders. Learn more at unthinkableleaders.com. Just imagine the smells of the bakery with me. You walk in and the place has all of the right...
Leaders who want to get better understand the importance of increasing their self-awareness. Low self-awareness results in unleveraged strengths, unaddressed blind spots, and unfulfilled potential. But when self-awareness increases, so does the impact and influence of...
Character is essential in leadership, and you'd be hard pressed to find a leader to disagree with that statement. But leadership also comes with a set of common temptations that undermine leaders time again: pride, dishonesty, sex, and greed. Each of these temptations...
Character is unquestionably critical for effective leadership. Unfortunately, leadership is also a high-pressure sport, and too often character is the casualty. Leaders are especially susceptible to four lapses of character: pride, dishonesty, sex, and greed. ...
Credibility is foundational for a leader who wants to gain forward momentum. It’s also essential if you’re going to get others to follow you into a bold vision of the future. And yet, all of us make mistakes. We all do things and say things that have the potential to...
Leaders are responsible for clarifying and casting vision for the future. That vision will meet a need, solve a problem, or add beauty to the world. Leaders are also responsible for making big decisions that have far reaching ramifications for the organization. In...
Good coaching is significantly shaped by your ability to ask good questions. Because coaching is more about "drawing out" than "pouring in", it is essential that you leverage question-asking to mine for the gold inside of your team members. Jesus was a master at...
The development of character is an important goal in leadership, but unlike school, character has no graduation date. It’s a lifelong process. It’s an ongoing journey. It never stops. Regardless of how much you've grown in your character, there is always more. And...