Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:14 — 29.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | TuneIn | RSS | MoreIn today’s episode of the Leader Fluent...
Read MoreCharacter 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:...
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Leaders are proactive by nature, and our get-it-done nature has a way of bulldozing our way into...
Read MoreIn a recent article I shared the four stages in the cycle of pride. Pride follows a predictable pattern: success, warning, deception, and downfall. We see it in King Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament book of Daniel, and we see...
Read MoreIn his book, Humilitas, John Dickson tells the story of boxing legend Muhammed Ali traveling on a flight at the height of his career. While considered a humble man today, his pride showed itself on that flight shortly after the...
Read MoreServant-leadership is the most effective, yet most despised, form of leadership. It’s counter-intuitive to the drive and ambition that sits at the heart of so many leaders. It doesn’t contribute to a leader’s...
Read MoreHumility and leadership! Those two words don’t seem to go together very often. And yet research makes it clear that humility marks the most effective leaders. So did Jesus. In a previous post, I addressed The Role of Humility in...
Read MoreAll personal growth requires humility. Without humility, pride takes the wheel and aims for the ditch. History is littered with the pages of brilliant and talented men and women who were ultimately destroyed by their own pride....
Read MoreAuthor and leadership consultant Dr. Sam Chand observes in his book, Cracking Your Church’s Culture Code: “People have an almost limitless capacity for self-deception. We don’t know what we don’t know and...
Read MoreYesterday I was online looking at some resources to help people grow in their spiritual journey. I was reminded of a book by a gentleman who was well-versed in the Bible and who had some profoundly deep insights from Scripture....
Read MoreKirk Hanson, professor and executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, shares some great insight on the leader’s achilles’ heel. He says it is found when leaders: Believe they know it all Believe...
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Leaders today are frustrated by a lack of clarity, ineffective systems, dysfunctional teams, and unhealthy cultures. I speak, coach, and write to help motivated pastors and leaders gain clarity, build high-performing teams, and maximize organizational health.
