Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I’ve been thinking about the metaphor of the train coming down the track. Hi David, I’d ask how your week is going but it’s probably like most weeks you have, crazy-busy. If you… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 28, 2013

Successful leadership doesn’t require charisma. You aren’t one of them. Very few leaders move people through charisma, personality, and up front skills. It’s not likely you have enough charisma to lead through charisma. Weak people want leaders to be bigger, brighter, and prettier than they are. But, everyone’s a […].

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 11, 2014

The light at the end of your tunnel is a train, headed in your direction,… Continue reading → Failure Success Taking others higher Teams Vision Leadership Leadership Development leadership success organizational success' Leaders deceive themselves, and others, with pie-in-the-sky goals.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Train people to help each other, BEFORE they… Continue reading → The goal of helping is enabling, not more helping. Over-helpful leaders are over-worked and under-appreciated. Help in ways that strengthen competency and don’t create dependency.

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Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Rob McCleland, is the new executive director of EQUIP, a global training organization started by John and Larry Maxwell. Change Leading Marks of leaders Taking others higher Vision Growth Leadership organizational success' New roles, titles, or positions make or break careers. I spoke with my friend about […].

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 14, 2013

Tragically, I had no training in leadership. I did leadership all wrong for years. I held leadership positions without understanding effective leadership practices. My early education was in theology. My leadership journey includes powerful, sometimes painful, shifts in attitudes and practice.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

4 ways to build bold teams: Provide training. Fear might feel safe, but leadership requires boldness. Fear congeals the past. Boldness builds the future. Fear is survival-mode. Boldness is opportunity-mode. Boldness follows hope. Celebrate mistakes.… … Continue reading →

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