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What Would an MRI Scan of Your Leadership Reveal?
Doctors use MRIs to find problems before they become more serious. What if you could do the same for your leadership and organization? Here are the 5 areas to look out for.
Feeling Overwhelmed as a Leader? Five Ways to Lead Through Chaos
Ever feel like leadership is just one crisis after another? You are not alone. Here are five ways to lead well even when you feel overwhelmed.
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Preparing for the (Expectedly) Unexpected [VIDEO]
Even the strongest organizations can crumble under financial strain, leadership turnover, or sudden disruptions. Here’s how you can prepare for the unexpected before it’s too late.
Warning Flags: Signals That Reveal the Health of Your Organization
Your employees already know the true health of your organization. Do you? Here are the key signals to look for and the actions you can take.
The University of Pain: 5 Ways Leaders Enroll & What It Takes to Successfully Graduate
No one signs up for the University of Pain, but every leader eventually attends. Here are the top five ways people enter it, and what it takes to successfully graduate.
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Trust: 4 Steps to Rebuild Damaged Trust [VIDEO]
Rebuilding damaged trust is not impossible, but it does require diligence. Here are four steps to rebuild damaged trust.
Lowering the Temperature: 6 Ways to Reduce Unproductive Conflict & Increase Trust
Differences of opinion often lead to conflict, but we can prevent a meltdown by lowering the temperature. Here's how to reduce unproductive conflict and build trust.
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Blind Spots: How to Identify & Avoid Blind Spots in Your Organization [VIDEO]
All organizations have blind spots, and when they go unchecked, they can cause a catastrophic event. Here’s how to identify and avoid blind spots in your organization.
Leadership & the Four-Eyed Fish: 9 Things Every Leader Should Pay Attention To
The four-eyed fish, a species of fish found in the Amazon, can look for dangers and opportunities below the water and above the water at the same time. Similarly, leaders need to be looking for the current threats and opportunities as well as those that are on the horizon. Here are nine areas leaders should pay attention to.
Pain Points: 8 Hot Spots That Can Drain Even the Best Leaders
All leaders have pain points. But recently, they have gone from managing one or two to now dealing with six or more all at the same time! Here are the most common pain points we are seeing as well as a few suggestions for how to stay strong in the midst of distress.
When Leaders Publicly Break: 7 Common Traits
Many high-profile leaders who have resigned or been dismissed from their positions over the past few years appear to have some traits in common, regardless of whether they worked in a church, government, or business. Here are the most evident characteristics they share.
From Great to Gone: 5 Reasons Why Organizations Go from the Peak to the Pit
If you remember VeggieTales, you will recall how it went from a great company to suddenly being gone, all within 10 years. Here are five reasons why organizations go from their peak to the pit and the remedies to prevent it.
From Leader to Loser in 45 Days: How Loss of Trust Can Destroy a Leader
Trust has always been a fragile thing, but it is even more so in this unsettled time. Take for example Liz Truss, the British Prime Minister who lasted only 45 days before a loss of trust destroyed her career. Here's how it can happen to anyone.
6 Strategies for Leading Effectively During a Crisis
We all face uncertainties as we navigate leadership in the “uncharted waters” of our world today. Here are six strategies for leading effectively during a crisis so your organization can remain focused on its mission.
Top 10 Ways to Derail Momentum & Growth
Every organization that is experiencing success one day can find itself floundering the next. By understanding these ten derailers, we can more effectively prevent our organizations from going off the tracks.
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Stress: How to Successfully Manage Stress [VIDEO]
It is no secret that stress impacts every part of our world. In fact, 1 million workers are absent daily due to stress! Here are practical tips on how to successfully manage the stress in your life.
Rising Out of Ruins: How Leaders Can Get Better Rather Than Bitter
Being fired. Receiving a cancer diagnosis. Having a child with mental health issues. Experiencing the effects of a cheating spouse. Ruin comes in all shapes and sizes. If you are feeling a bit like a bomb was dropped on you, consider these thoughts on how to come out stronger.
5 Helpful Ways to Reframe Stress
“Americans are among the most stressed people in the world.” That was the title of an article in the New York Times in April 2019. And that was before the pandemic and its political conflicts and mask wars existed! So yes, it is fair to say we are stressed. Here are five helpful ways to reframe stress and move towards solutions.
3 Low-Cost, High-Impact Ways to Create, Retain or Restore Your Credibility and Trust
Over the past few years, there has been extraordinary relational damage in many towns, schools, organizations, and churches – trust and credibility are hanging on by a very thin string. Here are three low-cost, high-impact ways to create, retain, or restore your credibility and trust.
5 Steps to Leading Through VUCA: Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity
The military uses a lot of acronyms, one of which is VUCA which stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity. When I talk to leaders across all sectors, they are all feeling this. Finding and retaining employees, managing a pandemic, political divisiveness, etc. Here are five steps to help you lead through times of VUCA.