Tweet I like to lead leaders, so I prefer to be a macro-manager. This means I try to cast the vision for a team and get out of the way, releasing…
Tweet The unwritten organizational rules are just as, if not more, important than the written rules. I wrote about this idea HERE. If you are considering making changes, implementing something…
Tweet The unwritten rules are the real rules. In any organization, what is maintained and repeated becomes a part of culture. The way people do things, decisions are made, and…
Tweet I must admit I have a good number of pet peeves in leadership. If I had to name my top leadership pet peeve – it would have to be…
Tweet Being a leader isn’t easy. With every decision a leader makes someone is happy – and someone is not. One often misunderstood reason leadership is challenging is the tension…
Tweet Someone once messaged me on Twitter to ask, “What words of advice do you have for a new leader? I’m beginning my first pastoring role after years in student…
Tweet I have been in leadership roles for over three decades now. I’ve led large and small teams in business, government, church and nonprofits. Along the way, I’ve learned there…
Tweet One of my first managers frequently reminded us no one is irreplaceable. He would use the illustration of placing your hands in a bucket and then pulling them out….
Tweet In organizational leadership, I have learned the hard way. It is easy to try to be some other organization we admire or that appears to be successful. So, we…
Tweet Sometimes, as the leader, you must address the elephant in the room. If you don’t, you’ll have a hard time leading well moving forward. The elephant is the issue/person/thing…