Servant leadership: keep focused on your servant heart
No matter who you are, people can come at you daily with their egos blasting. Some egos come from false pride—where they think more of themselves than they should and want more credit for things. Others come from self-doubt and fear—where they think less of themselves...
3 reasons why great leaders have the strength to embrace their weaknesses
“To err is human,” as the saying goes, and leaders are not immune to failure, either. What sets them apart is their ability to take stock of their weaknesses and move past them better and faster than the average employee. It is a skill that takes time and...
Really? Life lessons from a vegetable? No way. Way!
Going into the holidays, I’d never have guessed that a bowl of collard greens and black-eyed peas would serve up lessons about managing bias. I don’t think my table mate did either. Over dessert, my table mate remarked that she still had a nasty taste in her mouth...
7 ways to be unselfishly selfish and imperfectly perfect
February is heart month. Perhaps you're wondering what that has to do with leadership. Lots more than you might think: if we fail to take care of ourselves, there’s no leading or serving others. That's a lesson I learned the hard way. Many of us spend lots of time on...
Are you leaping to the wrong conclusion?
“I never thought I’d get in trouble for doing what I thought was the right thing,” lamented Sally. “I really thought my boss would appreciate that I dug in and got the whole story.” Reba was Sally's boss. She was also the department head, directly supervising ten...
Gratitude: the simple way to motivate employees
Many traits are associated with strong leaders: being confident, passionate, and decisive. But one critical leadership characteristic that doesn’t get the attention it deserves is “gratitude,” which mean letting employees know their hard work is appreciated. The best...
