“Change is the process by which the future invades our lives.” – Alvin Toffler The moving from summer into fall tends to be an annual transition for many of us. Transitions usher us into the future, where there are many unknowns. I experience this every year with my children as they look towards the prospect […]
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Being a relational leader is vital to success. The more you lead, the more you depend on relationship skills rather than technical skills. However, many leaders can be lured into focusing on tasks instead of people. One of my clients knows that the busier she gets, the more task focused she gets. She has to
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In the previous article, I wrote about the power of relational health. When our relationships are poor, it can seriously hamper the productivity of a team. It also can do internal damage to the individual who feels depleted by people around them. We can often mistakenly think that building relationships with others starts with the
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“How are you?” This is one of the most frequent questions we get asked. And yet it is also one of the most loaded questions that we get asked. The typical answer that we hear is “fine.” But often it may not be the full truth. So, “How are you?” Really think about it. A
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A few years ago, the Prayer of Jabez became very popular through a book written by Bruce Wilkinson. This prayer comes from a passage in the Bible located in I Chronicles 4:9-10 (NIV). It says, “Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez, saying, ‘I gave birth to him in pain.’
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What is a top trait that moves organizations and teams to excellence? If we look at the typical actions of organizations and teams, the answer would be in gaining knowledge. Often we think that the greatest, cutting-edge, performing teams have the best knowledge (including strategy, talent or data). However, knowledge would not be the answer
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Yesterday I spoke at our local Rotary Club about my trip to Israel. I traveled to Israel with colleagues from JDLA, which is a consulting group that helps the philanthropic sector reach its potential. A theme of my Israel presentation was philanthropy. Philanthropy at its core means “love of mankind.” When we hear someone being
I had mentioned in a previous newsletter that in March I had a wonderful opportunity to travel to Israel. As I have had time to reflect, there is much that I have taken away from this experience. After the trip, many people have asked me about it. I started to notice a question that I
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In a previous article, I discussed the power of reflecting to keep leaders connected to their values and protected from ethical failures. So where do you begin when it comes to reflecting? A great tool is to use a journal. Writing gives us “something to do” in the midst of an activity that can seem
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We seem to constantly hear about leaders who lose their way by committing ethical failures that ruin their career and organization. Hewlett-Packard CEO, Mark Hurd, submitted false expense reports and had to resign. U.S. Senator John Ensign used monetary payoffs to cover up an extramarital affair. The list could go on. It is easy to
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