In leadership, it’s not a question of if adversity will strike—it’s when. Whether you’re navigating organizational change, economic downturns, personal setbacks, or team breakdowns, the one trait that separates great leaders from the rest is resilience. Resilience isn’t just about bouncing back. It’s about rising stronger, leading better, and showing others what true leadership looks […]
Growing Your Influence is important to your leadership success. Growing your influence requires a lot of effort, it requires a directed mind and deliberate action. You can accelerate the process of becoming a leader by following a few simple steps. Here are three ideas that have worked for me in accelerating leadership growth: 1. Network […]
“Leadership is influence” ~ John C Maxwell Influence is defined as the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something. I think as leaders we all want to have an effect on our people’s development. An effective leader is someone who understands the power of influence. This is […]
As leaders, we spend a lot of our time teaching and coaching the people around us to bring out the best in them. It is also essential for each of us to remain open to feedback and coaching too. Are you a coachable leader? What are you doing to grow yourself? It’s crucial that you […]
The best lessons are taught on the spot. Sometimes in leadership, we hold our thoughts, and “bite our tongues” with our staff or our peers. We do this for what we think is saving feelings or just simply keeping the peace at work. But is it though? Are we doing what is best for the […]
There is light in Your Own Uniqueness. Yes… YOU! We all have special and unique things about us. However, sometimes instead of being special, we see them as difficulties or obstacles or just weird. We often find ourselves comparing ourselves to others, trying to be the same, constantly competing, and pushing to be better… Better […]
Leadership means being more. One thing I have learned from my time in leadership roles; I have learned a whole bunch of things, and many by accident… those are sometimes the best lessons. Anyway, leadership is about more than just managing a team or a project. Management to me has to do with things, the […]
There are massive benefits to hard work. Today, I’m talking about the benefits of hard work. When we work hard, it allows us to see more success, this creates my philosophy of “work to win!” The word work, is a verb. Which means it’s an action. You have to DO SOMETHING to make something else […]
As good and true servant leaders, we all want to know how to influence our people and change people’s lives for the better. We want to impact them for good; we want the people we lead to grow and flourish and see brilliant levels of success. And we want to leave our mark, by teaching […]
Planning for 2020 Check out the full episode of The Extra: Business Edition HERE! Click here to download and listen later! 2020! Everyone gets excited for the New Year and with it right around the corner, we start making plans and have ideas for what we want to achieve. Businesses have strategic planning. Strategy is […]