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Leadership

Your Two Biggest Enemies

As a spiritual leader you have two formidable enemies. Each picks at you daily, constantly, relentlessly. If left unchallenged each will undermine your ability to lead people onto God’s agenda.

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Leadership

The One Thing Leaders Want

Leaders want dialog. You want the ability to discuss, debate, shape and influence a decision before it is made. The people you lead — or your teenage daughter, or the committee members at church, or the division heads of your organization — want the same thing with you. Honest, open dialog facilitates shared leadership. Leaders […]

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Leadership Productivity

Seek Rhythm, Not Balance

The longer I live and the more places I visit, the more I appreciate changes in season. This week the weather in Orlando, Florida, where I live, shifted from dark-soggy-winter-chill to warm-bright-spring. The change naturally invites me to be outdoors more, leave work a bit early, and enjoy some long bike rides. My motivation wasn’t […]