Are you a Manager or a Leader?

As a student of leadership, I’ve been wrestling with a question for some time… What’s the real difference between management and leadership? Leadership has become such a glamorized word in our culture.  It feels so much nicer and more inspiring than the often derogatory connotation that comes with the word management. But the longer I […]

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Big Fat FAIL

I did it again. One of my greatest repeated leadership failures. I failed to L I S T E N. Oh, I hear words.  I read emails.  I have conversations. But sometimes I just don’t listen. I don’t pick up on attitude. I don’t read eyes. I don’t notice lack of enthusiasm. I don’t observe […]

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Manage from Your Heart

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Proverbs 4:23 A few weeks ago Pete shared a message about understanding the intent of our heart.  (I posted the highlights of that message here.) The message was really powerful, but one thing in his closing prayer really caught my attention… he […]

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Create a place where people WANT to work

As the leader of a team of staff I feel a great responsibility to create an environment where people WANT to work, a place where people are hoping to get hired and those that are here are so excited to be a part. So, what do you think? What does it take to create a […]

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Random Leadership Observation

Good Monday Morning!  Here’s one of my random leadership observations to get your week off to a good start: People are not predictable.  You can’t control them – quit trying!  Set up systems and boundaries but be willing to create flexibility for how things get done within those boundaries.  You will wear yourself out and […]

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Everybody’s Replaceable – Really?

You hear this phrase a lot in leadership circles, “everybody’s replaceable”. I think we throw it out there to keep us humble, to remind ourselves that the world doesn’t revolve around us and that things could go on without us. And for those reasons there is merit to that statement, but I think the problem […]

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Everybody's Replaceable – Really?

You hear this phrase a lot in leadership circles, “everybody’s replaceable”. I think we throw it out there to keep us humble, to remind ourselves that the world doesn’t revolve around us and that things could go on without us. And for those reasons there is merit to that statement, but I think the problem […]

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I know you are really busy…

I know you are really busy… This comment is made to me way too often. What I hear in this phrase is “I’m sorry to bother you”, “Please give me just a minute”, “I’m scared to interrupt you”. It breaks my heart.  You know why?  Because I’m responsible for it.  There is a reason I […]

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