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Mar 12, 2013
Unhealthy avoidance techniques
There is a common methodology for avoiding accountability for our shadow side and that is to become a professional critic of others. All of us have encountered these folks at one time or another – or done the same thing ourselves. They are quick to criticize and distrust, are always questioning motives of others (without doing their homework to validate their distrust), love to become enmeshed...
Feb 17, 2013
Managing our strengths and liabilities
Because many individuals have not understood that their greatest assets (strengths) can also be their greatest liabilities, they simply don’t pay the kind of attention to the downside of their strengths that they need to if they are truly going to have significant influence. However, people of deep influence are acutely aware of both their strengths and the liabilities of those strengths. And they...
Nov 09, 2012
Controlling conversations
Whenever a conversation starts to feel uncomfortable and one that seems to be deliberately putting you in a corner rather than allowing for freedom of dialogue, pay attention! Conversations that don't feel good or safe probably are not.
This is not about conversations where two parties might disagree with one another. That is normal. This is about conversations that feel designed to control you,...
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This is not about conversations where two parties might disagree with one another. That is normal. This is about conversations that feel designed to control you,...
Nov 09, 2012
Controlling conversations
Whenever a conversation starts to feel uncomfortable and one that seems to be deliberately putting you in a corner rather than allowing for freedom of dialogue, pay attention! Conversations that don't feel good or safe probably are not.
This is not about conversations where two parties might disagree with one another. That is normal. This is about conversations that feel designed to control you,...
Read more
This is not about conversations where two parties might disagree with one another. That is normal. This is about conversations that feel designed to control you,...
Oct 22, 2012
The dangers of arrogance in leadership
Arrogance: an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions (Webster).
Arrogance is one of the potential pitfalls of leadership, especially for highly gifted leaders whose drive and ambition combined with a high degree of self importance and a lack of accountability fuel an ever heightened sense of imperious assurance.
What are the signs of...
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Arrogance is one of the potential pitfalls of leadership, especially for highly gifted leaders whose drive and ambition combined with a high degree of self importance and a lack of accountability fuel an ever heightened sense of imperious assurance.
What are the signs of...
Oct 22, 2012
The dangers of arrogance in leadership
Arrogance: an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions (Webster).
Arrogance is one of the potential pitfalls of leadership, especially for highly gifted leaders whose drive and ambition combined with a high degree of self importance and a lack of accountability fuel an ever heightened sense of imperious assurance.
What are the signs of...
Read more
Arrogance is one of the potential pitfalls of leadership, especially for highly gifted leaders whose drive and ambition combined with a high degree of self importance and a lack of accountability fuel an ever heightened sense of imperious assurance.
What are the signs of...
Sep 08, 2012
Understanding what truly motivates us in ministry
For those of us who lead others in ministry, understanding what motivates us and drives us is a complicated but important question. There are many possible answers to even ministry motivation. They can include joining God in His work, our own ego, recognition, the applause of others, fulfilling someone else's motivations, personal ambition, or just wanting to be successful. On any given day or...
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TJ Addington
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