Feb 04, 2019

A strategic exercise for every team or organizational leader in seven steps


Leaders assume that they know what they are doing. And in a general sense that is probably true. It is easy, however, to be so general in our direction that we miss the opportunities that a laser like focus could provide. General direction yields general results while focused direction yields focused results. So how do we move from the first to the second.

There is a simple strategic exercise that...
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Sep 25, 2018

When there is not adequate organizational clarity


If there is one thing that many organizations lack it is crystal clear clarity about who they are, what they want to accomplish and how they are going to get there. This is especially true of non-profits and ministries as the profit motive is not the driving factor. In fact, clarity is the glue that holds the organization together as it grows. In my consulting with numerous non-profits I have...
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Jun 16, 2013

The glue that holds good teams together

It is a fun game: how many cards can we stack on top of another until the house of cards comes down.

In real life, it is more serious - for leaders and team leaders. The measure of our leadership is not what happens when we are leading but what happens when we leave. Does what we built hang together and continue to flourish or does it come apart like a house of cards?

Some leaders build their team...
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Jun 16, 2013

The glue that holds good teams together

It is a fun game: how many cards can we stack on top of another until the house of cards comes down.

In real life, it is more serious - for leaders and team leaders. The measure of our leadership is not what happens when we are leading but what happens when we leave. Does what we built hang together and continue to flourish or does it come apart like a house of cards?

Some leaders build their team...
Read more