One of Nick Saban’s legacies as a coach is his relentless focus on the process: “We’re not going to talk about what we’re going to accomplish. We’re going to talk about how we’re going to do it.” Coaches talk significantly about the process as a means to winning, but the process often includes vague ideas. …
Leadership means taking significant action toward the organizational goals and helping people reach their individual milestones. Talking about action and specifically taking those actions are two different ideas. The challenge for leaders is sorting through what actions have significant impact on moving the team toward its goals. Here are five actions that move the team …
“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members,” writes Coretta Scott King. One important aspect of leadership is developing and sustaining a powerful community of people who all hold the same mission, vision, and values. Nurturing this type of community takes strategic planning and specific action. Utilizing …
In a “Daily Discipline” message on Wednesday, August 24th, Brain Kight wrote the following: “To enter the arena is to give your dream a chance. It also introduces the terrifying risk of losing your precious dream. This is the nature of the arena and why so few people are willing to enter it.” A significant …
“Few things are more important during a change event than communication from leaders who can paint a clear and confidence-inspiring vision of the future,” writes Sarah Jensen Clayton. Successful leaders remain mindful of the amount and intensity of changes they implement. Narrow the focus, evaluate the challenges, develop a plan, and adjust the process. Leading …
Researching the question “what do the most successful people do differently?” yields numerous results on how the most successful people rise to the top. Although these articles are interesting to read, and they give insight to how the common person could improve, they sometimes feel out of reach for people. How could I ever achieve …
Leaders spend a significant amount of time communicating with the people they lead. Some messages might be simple and easy while others are more complex and challenging. The message sent in these situations must match the message received by the person, and it’s the leader’s responsibility to ensure this happens. Leaders should take specific actions …
“If you want to grow, you need to get over any fear you may have of making mistakes,” writes John Maxwell. One aspect of leadership that holds people back is the fear of making mistakes. Being in a leadership position places a significant spotlight on the leader. Unfortunately, when leaders do something outstanding or guide …
Leadership is about creating a sense of purpose for everyone in the organization. Each person plays an important and specific role in achieving the larger vision. Although highly-effective leadership is about creating purpose for others, some team members may feel purposeless in their work. Those feelings may be due to burn out, not feeling challenged …
One challenging aspect of leadership is deciding, organizing, and focusing on what matters most in the daily work. Leaders often feel overwhelmed with tasks and responsibilities each day, and it feels impossible at times to make progress on anything. Until the leader revises the organization’s systems to work more effectively, they often feel immense stress …