Leadership Series | I =Integrity
Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, gave a sermon on integrity that I have never forgotten. In this sermon he defined the root word of integrity, which is integer.
According to dic...
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Leadership Series | H = Hope
The Training Director in one of my companies shared an image with me that said, “When you eliminate fear from your organization, very good things happen.” That truth is spot on! But how do you eliminate fear?
Leaders who lead well dispel...
Leadership Series | S = Servant
Jesus is the best example of servant leadership. Although He was God, He became a man to seek and save the lost. He served His disciples, widows, outcasts, diseased, and the lowliest of all criminals. He even served the one that would betray Hi...
Leadership Series | R = Ready
A leader is always ready and prepared.
Do you notice that I didn’t say equipped? Instead, I said leaders are ready. They are ready to learn, ready to take action, ready to start or stop as needed.
Although I’ve never been in the milit...
Leadership Series | E = Entrenched
There are leaders who lose interest in the company they lead. For many entrepreneurs, they lose interest because the day to day mundane tasks become like handcuffs and imprison the creative and ambitious soul. The daily drudge drains the dream ...
Leadership Series | D = Delegated
Leaders need to learn how to delegate. I believe it was Jack Welch, former Chairman and CEO of General Electric, who said that if your organization can’t run without you for two weeks, then you are doing a bad job. I agree with him.
When a...
Leadership Series | A = Accountable
In March 2020 the world seemingly shut down. One by one states and then nations ordered people to stay home, banned public gatherings, and were forbidden to go to work, school, or church. While the emotional and physiological fallout of these d...
Attention! Are You Watching Or Waiting?
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In his book, Take Cover, Philip De Courcy shares this story:
Growing up in Northern Ireland, I remember my Pastor Ivan Thomp-
son telling the story of a fishing fleet from a village in Scotland...
Leadership Series | E = Excellence
I sat down with my friend, Matt, and he and I talked about how work was going. At his company, his sales office was the top producing sales office compared to all the other offices peppered throughout the nation. They were always recognized for...
Leadership Series | L = LEAD
If you want to be a leader, you have to lead. A leader is often the first to move, and take action. It means being in front of the pack forging a new path through an unknown territory. It means that you actually have followers who let you lead ...