A Serving Leader: Balancing The Role In Leadership Teams & Project Teams
When you report to the CEO/President/General Manager, what is your role when you walk into that Leadership Team meeting? You are part of the leadership team and you have your project team, the people that make your part of the mission a reality. Where is your primary...
Joy in Work through Peace, Joy, and Fulfillment
Paul Armstrong, eNthusaProve Founder, and Mark Joseph, of Mark Joseph Ministries, discuss their common foundation of faith in God. This belief guides Paul and Mark's work in finding joy in work, and peace, joy and fulfillment. Join in on Paul and Mark's conversation...
Leading in Uncertainty During the Coronavirus Pandemic
How You Can Be A Leader Right Now The coronavirus has affected us all. For the first time in over a century, we are affected by what can be truly called a pandemic. This has led to all of us feeling a bit unsettled in this new uncertainty. Events that were considered...
Learning to Lead by Stepping Back
What Does It Mean To Lead By Stepping Back? Recently I read The Servant as Leader by Robert Greenleaf as part of the Greenleaf Center’s Foundations Certification course, which I took with my friends at Third River Partners. In the essay, Greenleaf proposes how one can...
Bringing Risk Management Home!
Understanding Risk Management No matter who you are... you are taking risks on a daily basis. When you get out of bed, there's a chance you could trip on one of your dog's toys. When you start your car and pull out of your driveway, you are taking a risk. When you...
Teammates on the Bench? Contribute Value Despite Roadblocks
Navigating Team Roadblocks Great Ideas Going Stale While No One Implements Them? We’ve all been there. A great meeting of the minds with a flurry of ideas and possibilities ends with the hopeful expectation of all that can be done to improve the team’s situation. Then...
The Best Multigenerational Teams Do This
The Workplace has changed. The Marketplace has changed. Leadership needs to change. We now have five generations in the workforce, with more age diversity than ever before! Multigenerational Teams are seeing that the dynamics of how to work together are changing....
4 Principles for Meaningful Team Values
Does Your Team Know What You Value? Over the years, I have used organizational value statements in helping executives clarify their strategic vision and put it into a plan. Too often, when drilling into their values, I find that even the Execs aren’t really sure what...
Think Twice Before Calling Your People… “Resources”
Still calling your team members "resources"? It's time to stop. So, what do I mean by that? It means that if we want to be better serving leaders, leaders who legitimately care about the people on their team, we are not well served by language that lumps people into...
Where Is The Super Bowl Talent On Your Team?
Talent Lovers: Are you ready for the Super Bowl? I can tell you that living in the Pittsburgh area means Super Bowl Sunday celebrations. This is true even on the years that the Black & Gold faithful begrudgingly accept that Steelers are not playing (like this...