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Leadership check-ins @ 400 words or less—so you can keep moving forward
The Last Word
There’s a natural tendency to believe that if I’m talking, I’m in control—or, more accurately, if I’m not talking I’ve lost control. Nothing could be further from the truth.
You’re Always On
One aspect of leadership that is often overlooked and under-appreciated is that leadership ultimately expresses itself in outward, visible behavior. This is so foundational that, if you overlook it, you won’t be able to move the needle on improving your effectiveness as a leader.
Observations From the Eclipse (without actually looking at the sun, of course)
Events like the recent solar eclipse (and how we respond to them) give us the opportunity to look at ourselves (because, after all, you shouldn’t look at the sun). Here are some things I saw…
Leadership in Parenting: Trust
Being competent in the area of trust just might be the single-most important life skill we can teach our kids. If we want them to grow up to be successful adults, this is one area we should invest our time and energies.
Leadership in Parenting: Compassion
If our kids are ever going to be in a position to truly influence their world as adults, they will need to work with and through people. They can only do that if they authentically display compassion. So what’s the best way for them to learn compassion?
Leadership in Parenting: Stability
Remember the last unstable/unhealthy job you were in? It felt terrible, didn’t it? When kids experience instability in the home its impact can be long-lasting. So what can we do as parents to lead our kids by providing greater stability?
Leadership in Parenting: Hope
Sometimes the grind of parenting erodes the hope that your kids will become capable adults. But if we don’t have hope for our kids, what happens to them when they don’t have any hope for themselves?
Leadership in Parenting: Responding to Setback & Failure
Our brains learn more from failure than from success. But the learning is usually offset by the negative emotions and shame we attach to failure. How can we, as parents, avoid the trap of shame and disappointment when our kids don’t succeed?
Leadership in Parenting: Authority
Power and authority purposed and directed can do amazing things. Power unchecked and self-serving is controlling and greedy. Do you know which kind of authority will you model for your children?
Leadership in Parenting: Relationships
The really good leaders understand relational capital and create an atmosphere that’s connective, inclusive and collaborative. So what’s one of the best ways to develop this important skill set in future leaders?
Leadership in Parenting: Decision-Making
When kids are young, parents make a lot of their decisions. As kids grow and start making more of their own, things really get interesting. What if you could instill good decision-making skills right from the start?
Leadership in Parenting: Identity
Good leadership helps others identify and leverage their talents and giftedness. The same is true for parenting: Help your kids discover who they were made to be—which might be different from what you want them to be.
Leadership in Parenting: Discipline
Discipline is one of the most challenging aspects of parenting. But having the right frame of reference will help preserve some sanity—for both you and your kids.
Leadership in Parenting: Instilling Values
Values are the ideals and principles that are the foundation for what you do and why you do it. So how do parent-leaders transfer values to their children? Good question…
Leadership in Parenting: Modeling
Of all of the possible leadership development tools, modeling is rarely discussed even though it’s one of the most powerful. Maybe that’s because it’s a bit sobering to realize that you’re always modeling—whether you intend to or not.