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Leadership Values- Going from Aspirational to Actual
It’s hard to make values-based leadership decisions when you’re fuzzy on your values. A series of decisions I needed to make this week drove this principle home yet again, and it reminded me of a...
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4 Measurements Leaders Need to Weigh, not Count
Updated from April 10, 2012 post With the Global Leadership Summit just weeks away there is a flurry of counting going on at the Willow Creek Association. We want to know how many people are...
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Debunking the “It Doesn’t Matter Who Gets the Credit” Myth
Updated from July 8, 2011 post It happened again this week. I was on the phone discussing a new initiative with a leader, when all of a sudden he used one of the well-worn leadership axioms, “Well,...
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The Leadership Blooper Reel Everyone Must Avoid
Updated from November 29th, 2011 post With less than three weeks to go until the 2015 Global Leadership Summit, there’s a a clear sense of optimism and energy emanating from the team at the Willow...
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3 Dimensions of Grit in Leadership Development
Would you use the word “grit” to describe your commitment to leadership development? At this year’s Global Leadership Summit, Bill Hybels taught on the “5 Intangibles of Leadership”, starting off with...
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My Top 10 “Back to the Future” Leadership Lessons
Recently I gave myself a “Back to the Future” leadership assessment. I asked myself, “How would I lead differently in my younger days if I could do it all over again?” I came up with pages full of...
View ArticleHow Leaders Restore Sanity to the Excellence Value
“Excellence is a core value around here.” Many organizations espouse this sentiment, always with the most noble of purposes. But why is it that, for some organizations, aspiring for “excellence”...
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The View of Leadership- Why Leaders See Much More
“It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.” Henry David Thoreau Nowhere is this more profoundly true than with respect to leadership. If you want to spot the leader in a group, just...
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The Importance of Being ‘Deep’ and ‘Wide’ in Effective Leadership
At its most basic level, leadership can be viewed as existing on two dimensions of impact; deep impact, and wide impact. Effective leaders learn to develop their leadership on each of these dimensions....
View Article4 Risks that Exaggeration Poses to Your Leadership
It happened again, not long ago. A leader in my orbit described a meeting as “Quite possibly our best meeting ever.” Really? As soon as the words were out of his mouth the thought flashed through my...
View Article3 Leadership Wins That Can Hurt Your Culture
That which gets celebrated very quickly becomes embedded in your culture. If you celebrate teamwork, then collaboration will become a part of the culture. If you celebrate treating one another with...
View Article4 Measurements Leaders Need to Weigh, not Count
Leaders measure. It’s part of what we do. It’s in our “DNA”. We want to know how many, how much, how often, how far and how fast. But effective leaders also know that in addition to these metrics which...
View ArticleMoving the Needle, When the Needle is Stuck
Is one of your leadership dashboard needles stuck? The international department of the Willow Creek Association recently came together and said that, as part of our 2017 plan, we wanted to move the...
View Article4 Sure-Fire Ways To Spot Your Team’s Rising Stars
Leaders are like gold-miners. They’re constantly prospecting for the next lead or the next opportunity. But nothing they search for is more valuable, or more important, than the next “rising star” on...
View Article3 Signs You Might Be Sliding into ‘Clipboard Leadership’
Have you ever encountered someone in a position of authority, who equated Leading with Inspecting? These are people who somehow find themselves with a semblance of responsibility, but rather than...
View ArticleHow to Increase Your Leadership By Weighing What Matters
Leaders measure. It’s part of what we do. It’s in our “DNA”. We want to know how many, how much, how often, how far and how fast. But effective leaders also know that in addition to these metrics which...
View Article3 Leadership ‘Wins’ Not Worth Celebrating
– Leaders build culture by what gets celebrated, and by what does not get celebrated. – That which gets celebrated very quickly becomes embedded in your culture. If you celebrate teamwork, then...
View ArticleHow to Increase Your Leadership By Weighing What Matters
Effective leaders know that while certain metrics require counting, there are also vital indicators that require weighing. Let’s face it. Leaders measure. It’s part of what we do. It’s in our “DNA”. We...
View ArticleHow To Spot 10 Indicators Of Falling Leadership Stock
If you’re finding that even the most basic functions of effective leadership are becoming difficult, it could be that your leadership stock has been falling. As I outlined in 10 Indicators Your...
View ArticleHow To Use 3 Simple Questions to Go From Setback To Success
If your team did not achieve a key goal, you probably know that this represents an opportunity to learn and grow. But knowing how to seize this growth opportunity is the key to effective leadership....
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