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The One Skill Most Necessary To Being An Effective Leader (And You Probably Don’t Come By It Naturally)

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Master Leaders I have just finished George Barna’s wonderful book Master Leaders: 30 Leadership Greats. 16 Keys to Success. One Amazing Conversation.  Barna chronicles the green room conversations he had with 30 of the world’s most iconic leaders at a conference he was hosting. The book concludes with a discussion about the one skill most […]

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The Thing Most Leaders Are Missing

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A Volunteer Referee In 2013, a kids indoor soccer tournament was being held in Rockville Centre, New York.  In one of the matches, the tournament’s organizers discovered they were a referee short.  The organizer went to the parents and asked if anyone knew the rules well enough to help out. An unassuming man volunteered to […]

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The #1 Asset Leaders Have For Problem Solving

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On Sunday, December 7, 1941, the Japanese conducted a surprise aerial attack on the United States naval fleet located at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii.  The following day President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered the speech to Congress asking for a state of war to be declared. His speech would go down in history because […]

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Live Blog From Global Leadership Summit – 9 Leadership Quotes From Malcolm Gladwell On Social Risk-Taking

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For the next two days, I will be bringing in real time the top leadership quotes and lessons from the 2021 Global Leadership Summit (GLS).  Therefore, make sure you bookmark this site and check back often.  For those not familiar with the GLS, it is two days of rich, high-impact, inspiring sessions, and  learnings from a diverse […]

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Seth Godin’s 20 Sources Of Great Ideas

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The difference between good leaders and bad leaders is how they think.  There are several skills leaders must possess in order to become a great thinker, but one thing each must have is a continual flow of quality ideas. I just completed Seth Godin’s new book The Practice: Shipping Creative Work.  If you like Seth’s […]

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5 Signs Leaders Are Headed Toward Burnout

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  Burnout is often a looming threat, especially for leaders. The fact that there is always more to do, coupled with unrealistic expectations for Christian, means leaders can easily be in dangerous territory from the start. As a third-generation pastor with a degree in counseling, I have seen countless ministry leaders make fixable mistakes that […]

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