It somewhat goes without saying that without a team, there is no need for a leader … but this leadership quality goes beyond that. Instead of the common notion that the purpose of the team is to support the leader… (READ MORE)
This wasn’t in my original list of leadership qualities, but I’m not quite sure why. I’ve been teaching my Awana Journey classes that they need to do at one training session per year to keep their leadership skills growing. The… (READ MORE)
Flexibility is an essential aspect of leadership. As is frequently quoted: “No plan survives contact with the enemy” (usually attributed to George Patton, but actually first used by Helmuth von Moltke in the late 1800s) … this applies to the modern… (READ MORE)
Resuming my series on the Qualities of Leadership, the next topic is Communication. Along with Honesty, Humility, and Vision, the first three topics in this series, effective leaders usually communicate well with the people around them. While this can mean skill in public speaking,… (READ MORE)
How can you be doing all the right things and yet going in the wrong direction? When you don’t have a vision. If you continually watch your feet when you’re walking around, you will avoid tripping and stumbling — but… (READ MORE)
The next leadership quality in my list is humility. This term is frequently misinterpreted — that it means weakness or the inability to make decisions. There could be nothing further from the truth. Humility has more to do with how… (READ MORE)
There is a certain fundamental quality about leaders that is the foundation for all that leadership stands for. Without this quality a leader has nothing — no respect from his team, no credibility with his peers, and no trust from… (READ MORE)
In my efforts to learn more about leadership — both for my own use and so I can teach it to others — I’ve run across several lists of “qualities of leaders” from respected figures such as Dave Ramsey and… (READ MORE)
There are a lot of people that go through life with their mouths closed, afraid that if they ask a question they will be seen as uninformed or just plain stupid. So they hope that someone else will ask the… (READ MORE)
The common (mis)perception is that in order to lead, you have to be the one in charge — the one calling the shots, the one giving orders … in short, the “boss”. While the designated authority figure in the group… (READ MORE)