Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 6, 2017

You need help One of the hardest things for a leader to do is to ask for help. Too many new leaders see this asking for help as a sign of weakness. Break that thought pattern. Being willing to seek out the advice and support of others isn’t weakness. No, doing so is a strength. As you step into the role of a leader, you have to know how to assemble a support system.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 4, 2017

I’m writing this post later than I normally would. It’s almost 11PM where I live. And here I am writing up a new blog post. Why? Because I slacked. Here’s the reason: Our new Vizsla puppy wanted to chill with me tonight. He didn’t want to get off the couch. Truthfully, I didn’t want him to either. So, we laid there while watching Fear The Walking Dead.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 2, 2017

When I think about the people I’ve met, I can’t think of one person who wants to be ordinary. Yet most people are. They live lives that they despise. They lack adventure or joy. Their lives are ordinary. And still they do nothing to change it. You’re not like that though. I know that. You want to become an extraordinary leader. You want to become an extraordinary husband.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 30, 2017

You know you’ve got to grow as a leader or you’ll become stagnant. And you know there’s places to grow. The problem is, you don’t know where those places are. Image by JD Hancock. I’ve got good news for you today. I’m going to share with you 5 surprising places young leaders can grow. They’re a little unconventional (or unknown if you’re not in the know). 1.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 27, 2017

No man is an island. And no leader leads alone. Every leader has the responsibility to fill his team with players who will take the organization to the next level. Too often, we see leaders fill their teams with yes men or people just like themselves. There’s no diversity to their teams. The lack of diversity also leads to another problem: Creativity will be limited.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 25, 2017

Answers From Leadership Podcast Episode 30 Leadership requires a constant stretching of our current skill set. Answers From Leadership podcast guest Jon Stolpe knows this all too well. Jon is a Christ-follower first and foremost, and also a husband and father. He’s an engineer by background, and serves as an operations manager for a local branch of a major international building automation company.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 23, 2017

One of the greatest business books ever written isn’t even considered a business book. Many people call it a religious tome. That book? The Holy Bible. Image by Dwight Stone. There’s so much wisdom contained within the good book. We can read the Bible and learn how to lead others, take care of our families, and treat others. But business leaders often overlook the wisdom of the Bible.

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