If you google “leadership quote,” you will receive millions of results, which can be overwhelming. Here are seven of the top leadership quotes that I believe are worth knowing, quoting, and living out.
Read moreClient Video - Bob Bush from IBEC Ventures
Our client Bob Bush shares about how The Center's expertise in business and desire to reach the unreached were a perfect fit for assisting his organization. Bob currently serves as the managing director of IBEC Ventures in Colorado.
Read moreThe 3 Lifestyle Motivations That Impact Your Joy
There are three paths people take when choosing what kind of lifestyle they will live, but only one leads to a life of contentment.
Read more10 Lies Leaders Believe
It's easy to get caught up in the power of a leadership position. But it's important to maintain a truthful view of yourself and to not become inflated. Look out for these 10 lies that leaders often believe.
Read more3 Gifts Worth Giving Beyond a Bonus
Who doesn’t love a Christmas bonus? But there are gifts that a leader can give to team members that are just as valuable and even longer lasting than a little extra cash. This Christmas, as we remember the astonishing gift that God provided to us in sending Jesus, consider blessing those around you with these three often overlooked gifts.
Read more3 Steps to Identify Your Blind Spots
Growth-oriented leaders take action. However, leaders often need help to discern, mature and flourish. Here are 3 tools to help you identify some of your blind spots and your opportunities to flourish as a leader.
Read moreLeadership Skills: How to Respond (Not React) to Conflict
Conflict can be an important component in the formation of high-functioning teams, but it's important that it doesn't escalate into a damaging dispute. Your response will guide the situation.
Read more5 Things Every Leader Should Be Thankful for This Thanksgiving
Thankfulness reverses the effect of negative thinking and a critical spirit. As leaders, here are five things that we can be thankful for.
Read more5 Resources to Stretch Your Leadership Thinking
Leaders are learners. Here are five resources that will help stretch your leadership thinking!
Read moreTop 7 Ways to Invest in a Younger Leader
I had many people invest in me when I was a young leader, but one person in particular had the greatest influence in shaping who I am even to this day. Here are 7 practical ways he invested in me which you can use to invest in the younger leaders in your life!
Read moreLeadership Skills: Becoming a High EQ Leader - One Trait at a Time
Becoming an emotionally intelligent leader takes a lot of hard work over time. EQ skills are best developed by focusing on one or two at a time and practicing them until they start to come naturally.
Read moreThe “Perfect” Leader
Isn’t so perfect after all. Those who lead well are gifted, yet broken. What do a corporate CEO, pastor, social worker, police officer, and medical doctor all have in common? Certainly not their salary! Each of them has the opportunity to influence others for good… or for bad.
Read moreClient Video - Phil Carnuccio from Providence Church
Our Executive Director Jay Desko interviews our client Phil Carnuccio during the service at Calvary Church in Souderton on August 7, 2016. Phil shares about how The Center helped his church get their "mojo" back and find the momentum they needed to move forward with their ministry.
Read moreHow to Tell When Your Greatest Strength Crosses the Line
For most people, navigating leadership is much like walking a tightrope. Obviously, negotiating between these fine lines is no easy task, even for the most seasoned veterans of the workforce.
Read moreLeadership Skills: Diffusing Conflict through Perceptual Positioning
My wife is far-sighted and I am near-sighted. Because we each have a different strength with a corresponding weakness, we make a pretty good team. Without our glasses, we perceive the world differently. She can read road signs in the distance, but I can read menus. She keeps me from missing my exit, and I can tell her to order the chicken cacciatore. But when we both think we are absolutely right and the other person is totally wrong, there will be the inevitable conflict.
Read moreLeadership Skills: How Much Should You Trust Others?
In today’s organizations, a variety of buzz words and themes are circulating such as: teamwork, vision casting, mentoring, change management, and empowerment. Each of these roles and related tasks are dependent upon trust. With a low trust culture, it will be difficult or impossible to successfully accomplish any one of these, since each is heavily dependent upon trust and trustworthiness.
Read moreLeadership Legacy: How to Share Wisdom
This is a guest post by Philip A. Clemens, former Chairman and CEO of the Clemens Family Corporation.
Part of being a leader and possessing good leadership skills includes being intentional about what we pass on to the next generation- whether that includes our family, our workplaces and coworkers, or those we interact with in the community. But what do we leave? I believe that it is much more important to pass on wisdom rather than wealth.
Read more6 Leadership Articles You Should Read in the Next 90 Days
Our lives tend to slow down a bit over the summer. This is the perfect time to evaluate ourselves and work on our weak spots to get ready for the craziness that usually accompanies the fall. Here are six leadership articles that everyone in a leadership position should take the time to read this summer in order to gear up for the months ahead.
Read moreNonprofit Structure: Keeping Your Board Engaged
Over the years, we have heard many nonprofit leaders complain about various aspects of their boards. Some board members have even expressed that they dread attending board meetings or that they feel like the board is nothing but a rubber stamp for the organization’s director! To have an effective nonprofit structure, you need a healthy board with members who are engaged. This will help the organization maintain its momentum. However, too often, making sure the board is doing meaningful work is overlooked.
Read moreLeadership Skills: Reading the Behaviors on Your Team
In managing a team, it's important that you build good team leadership skills, and one ways to do that is to learn to read the behaviors of your team members. Humans are very complex! Commingling emotion, personality, temperament, intellect, and the motivations of the heart can make understanding what someone really wants hard to decipher. Having finely honed emotional intelligence (EQ) skills allows a leader to read the source of frustration in others and give them what they actually need in order to once again be happily engaged and productive. The following examples show how leaders can help ease tension by paying close attention to how their employees are acting.
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