Inviting Collaboration into Your Leadership
One of the untruths people often believe is that when you are a leader you have all the answers. Not only is that untrue, but it’s also likely to self-destruct. The best leaders seek fresh input and are willing to critically assess their own ideas and presuppositions. This is a fundamental need because of the…
Getting the Best Ideas from your Team Members
One of the good challenges of working with and leading people is the chance to process and seek to draw out ideas they might have. These ideas might be thinking they have developed toward problem-solving a challenge or a totally new solution that can move the work of the area forward. Coaxing the idea out…
Restored to Royalty
We’ve all been asked the question – “What do you want to be when you grow up?” As a toddler, an adolescent, a high school grad, a college grad and even a young professional, this question haunts us. It drives us to dream as children, choose majors as students, and even select certain careers as…