4 Tasks of the Senior Leader
One reason leadership can make a person feel isolated is the weight of responsibility on the one who claims to be the senior leader in an organization. Whether in the business world, in non-profits or in churches, there are some things that happen in any organization that senior leaders help determine — whether intentional or not. In each of these cases, inactivity determines them just as much as activity.
The weight of that responsibility can be overwhelming at times, but it’s unavoidable to a point. It comes with the position.
Successful senior leaders are cognizant of their input in them and place intentional energy towards them. Read more
7 Common Ways to Lose the Support of Senior Leadership
s a rule, I’m pretty hard on senior leadership. Having been in such a position for over 25 years I know the bad side of senior leadership. I’ve witnessed it and, in full candor, I’ve been it.
My goal is always to improve senior leadership for all of us. That’s a chief goal of this blog.
But, what about supporting senior leadership?
And, the support from senior leadership for those attempting to follow?
Those are equally important topics in leadership. Any good senior leader knows he or she is nothing without the people on their team. So, that requires confidence in the people trying to follow senior leadership.
What causes senior leadership to lose confidence in people they are trying to lead?
How do you lose the support of senior leadership? Read more
5 Suggestions When the Senior Leader is Unpopular
Making the right decision isn’t always appreciated. If a leader is going to do anything of value, it will involve risks and be subject to the opinions of others.
There will be days, weeks and seasons where it feels as if everyone is against you — even though you know, because of insight you have — that others don’t have or because of a calling of God — that you are doing the best thing for the organization.
These are hard days for the leader. I once wrote about the loneliness of these times in leadership HERE.
How do you respond when your position of senior leader is not that popular? Read more
The Most Important Leadership Characteristic
In their landmark leadership book The Leadership Challenge, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner share that the most important leadership characteristic is credibility. Based on extensive research over two decades, they boldly claim that “more than anything, we want leaders who are credible. People must be able to believe in their leaders.”
To Kouzes and Posner, credibility is the overarching leadership characteristic that describes a leader who is honest, forward-looking, inspiring, and competent. Read more
3 Keys To Pushing Past Your Personal Leadership Ceiling
Hit any leadership ceilings lately?
You know that moment when you realize you need to grow but you just don’t know how?
Welcome to the club.
We all feel that as leaders.
After 19 years of leading a church, I feel like I hit them quite regularly.
I was talking to a friend the other day who said like he felt he had stopped making progress as a leader. I was shocked, because I saw the progress he was making very clearly. He just couldn’t see it.
He’s been in his current position for a couple of years now and with the same church for 6 years. It’s often in that window that you start to feel like you are hitting a ceiling you can’t break through.
It got us into a great conversation about how you grow as a leader when you’ve been doing something for a while.
Here are three things I’ve learned about my personal leadership ceilings and how to break through them. Read more
7 Of My Most Repeated Leadership Nuggets
I meet with pastors weekly either in person or online. It fuels me to invest in younger leaders and always challenges me as I learn from them. I’m a better leader because I intentionally invest in other leaders.
(There’s a hint for some of you more seasoned leaders.)
It always seems the so-called wisdom I share gathers in seasons. When I say something to one pastor I usually end up repeating it to another. It could be that the nugget is in my schema or it is another way God stretches and teaches me so He can use me. I learn best with repetition.
But, eventually, once I’ve repeated it several times, I write it down. Then it becomes ingrained in my memory bank.
(There’s another hint there.)
This post is a collection of some of the more recent nuggets.... Read more
Sleep: The Secret Leadership Weapon No One Wants to Talk About
If there was a secret weapon in leadership, would you use it?
Most of us would say ‘absolutely’—as long as it’s ethical.
So here’s a leadership weapon almost no leader will talk about. In fact, in some circles, it’s embarrassing to talk about.
Sleep.
More specifically, getting enough of it.
In more than a few high octane leadership circles, barely sleeping is seen as a badge of honour (I can run on 4 hours a night!)
But what if your lack of sleep wasn’t a badge of honour at all?
What if your lack of sleep is undermining your leadership? Making you worse, not better?
And what if it’s not just taking a toll on you at work, but also at home…making you a worse parent, spouse and even friend? Read more
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