Learning leaders are growing leaders. Most growing organizations I know are led by men and women who are constantly learning. They haven’t necessarily invented some new idea that no one has ever heard of. They have simply made a practice of learning from the best, ripping off great ideas, and then making them better. Here are Five Characteristics of Learning Leaders: We lead ourselves before leading others. The most difficult person we will ever lead is ourselves. Spend the first part of every day leading yourself: spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, physically...you get my drift! Lead yourself before leading others. As you...
Guest Post – GLS Blog
Lately, I've been creating some original content for the Global Leadership Summit blog and I want to make sure you are seeing it. My third article was posted last week and was called "4 Ways That Vision Gets Lost (and How To Get It Back)." It's an article based on Jim Collins (author of the book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't) talk at the 2015 Summit where he recaps his time that he spent at West Point doing research on Leadership there. As leaders, we are the one's that are responsible for keeping the vision in...
Guest Post – Global Leadership Summit
This week, I had the honor of having a guest post on the Global Leadership Summit's blog. It is a post called "5 Signs That You've Reached Your Leadership Lid." The article is connected to one of the Summit's sessions in 2015 where Craig Groeshel, pastor of LifeChurch.tv, talked about expanding your leadership capacity. If you aren't familiar with the Global Leadership Summit, here is some information: "The Global Leadership Summit is a two-day event that is telecast LIVE from Willow’s campus near Chicago every August to more than 300 locations in North America. Throughout the fall, Summit events take place...