Casual Leadership extracts its greedy tariffs on corporations, classrooms organizations and churches, only making withdrawals. No venue is exempt, it manifests itself in the marketplace, halls of higher learning and sports arenas. A couple of football seasons ago there was a trend - or should I say plague – which emerged in college and pro-football illustrating this undesirable leadership trait.…
During times of crisis or tragedy, something unique happens to our vision. Hard times or difficult events both tend to sharpen focus, demanding our attention. These moments, seasons or years seem to drown out superfluous noise, causing our vision to turn from those non-essentials of life to the things that matter. I don’t enjoy tragedy or crisis and don’t relish…
Guest post by Betsi Calhoun Do you have a goal that pushes you to accomplish something others call impossible? After climbing all 29,035 feet of Mt. Everest and reaching its summit at age 13, Jordan Romeo coined the phrase, “Find Your Everest.” I am sure he was told his goal was impossible more than once. Now, at the age of…
The movie “Gladiator” opens with the Roman general Maximus leading his troops into battle against a horde of vicious barbarians. Instead of sitting on a distant hill like other generals, simply observing, Maximus leads the charge himself, yelling at the top of his lungs, “Stay with me! Staaaay with meeee!” It is reported he never lost a battle. Many think…
Casual Leadership extracts its greedy tariffs on corporations and classrooms. Only making withdrawals, Casual Leadership always leaves a deficit in lives. It manifests itself in the marketplace, halls of higher learning, and sports arenas. There seems to be a new trend - or should I say plague - in college football these days which illustrates this undesirable leadership trait. Football…
Visionary leaders are people who see farther, more and before others. The quality that makes a visionary leader worthy of following is character. As a freshman in college I heard Dr. Jerry Falwell say, “Character is what you are in the dark.” I have pondered that statement many times when faced with the urge to live a life of duplicity.…
Visionary leaders understand that “Leadership is a team sport.” A leader with vision minimizes their impact if there is a failure to communicate that vision. In Vision Part 1, I addressed The Upward Component of the Biblical leader Caleb. He was a man with a big vision who depended on and obeyed God. In Numbers 13:30 and 14:7-9, we see…
Leaders without a vision are not only aimless but can be dangerous because others are following them. Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus in their book Leader: Strategies for Taking Charge said it this way, The absence or ineffectiveness of leadership implies the absence of vision, a dreamless society, and this will result, at best, in the maintenance of the status…
A Review of Ken Davis' Book I was immediately pulled into the storyline of the first chapter of the book. Ken compellingly shared how his four-year-old granddaughter was lost and rescued in the rugged mountains of Colorado. The practical application he draws from this real life illustration is just one of many in the book Fully Alive: Lighten Up and…
I guess you thought that once the election was over, you would not hear that line again for a while. I am as weary of hearing it as you are, but let me use it just one more time. We have all heard much about each political candidate’s qualifications, passion, compassion and vision during this election season, so let me…