Workplace and Leadership
A Leader’s Influence on Culture
How it Impacts Business Performance
WHAT DO EFFECTIVE LEADERS DO?
Any savvy businessperson might describe the role of leaders as setting and communicating vision and strategy, and motivating and rewarding employees.
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Why SMART Goals Are Not Enough
Goal setting is a common subject of every blog and newsletter this time of the year.
All experts agree you must write down your goals in order to make positive changes happen in life. The widely used SMART acronym instructs you to write goals that are: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-based. This makes sense.
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Measuring the Results of Executive Coaching
The presence of coaching in corporate America has grown tremendously since it came on the scene in the 1980’s.
No longer considered a perk, leaders in every size company realize the power of having a personal advocate, thinking partner, strategist, and truth-teller to help drive professional growth.
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Leadership Requires Playing Offense and Defense
Organizations are always involved in two main initiatives, which demand a great deal of energy and attention.
To use a sports analogy, one is offense and one is defense. They require different skills and attitudes from you as the leader. And you must be able to play in both spaces to win, here are the keys.
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Execution 101
Are you on track to accomplish your vision and the goals you set earlier this year?
Unfortunately, most people treat their business (and personal) goals like New Year's resolutions - casually and hopefully - but with little follow-through. I heard one leader call it his Spray and Pray methodology. Leaders who do accomplish most of their objectives have these three things in common.
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When you're leading, is anyone following?
There is a famous proverb that says "If you are leading and no one is following, you are just taking a walk".
In 2008, the Lord put on our hearts to create a leadership award for women called The Shining Star Award based on Daniel 12:3: "Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever."
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Chosen to Lead
As Easter approaches, I remember, as a young girl Easter included getting a new outfit, attending church as a family, lunch at my grandparents and few other secular traditions.
The day would almost always conclude gathered around our "one" TV to watch "The Ten Commandments". My guess is you too have seen Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 Technicolor biblical epic many times.
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Coach Your People
The key to retention, building great teams, and more…
Dr. James Dobson quoted an interesting human resources statistic a few years ago on his radio show: "85% of people who leave their jobs leave because of perceived unkindness in the workplace."
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Strategy And Tactics
A great deal of your success in your business or organization will have to do with your strategy.
And a great deal of your strategic success will depend on your tactics. Though these are popular terms in leadership, it is easy to be unclear on what they really are, and how they work together to reach goals. This article will hopefully clarify this so that you can use their power well. Both words come from the military world, but have been adapted to organizations.
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7 Biblical Principles for Achieving Your Goals
One of the most important tasks of a business leader is to set and achieve goals. The Bible's book of Proverbs offers some of the richest guidance for living wisely.
The word "proverb" means "to be like." The sum of this wisdom is personified in the Lord Jesus Christ as the one we should model. Consider these principles for setting and living out your 2011 goals. (For a complimentary copy of The Christian Leader's Goal Setting Guide, email Elaine@ElaineMorris.com)
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Competence and Character in Leadership
I am glad to be writing for Dallas Christian Family magazine! Every month, Elaine Morris and I hope to provide you with a solid base of content to develop your own leadership abilities, whatever your leadership context.
Two of the most important elements are competence and character. They are vital, and they play an important relationship to each other as well.
Competence
Competence has to do with your skill-sets. They are those special abilities you have which help you clarify where you can best invest your time and energy. God originally told us to subdue the earth (Gen. 1:28), and we all have different talents for that. Here are a few of the key ones:
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5 Tips For Your Next Strategy Session
Will your next strategic planning retreat resemble the book title, "Death by Meeting" or be more akin to another best-seller "Good to Great?"
Consider the "burn-rate" – the real cost of 8-12 executive's time over the course of two-three days, plus the hotel, meals, travel and facilitation fees. The costs are staggering! Sufficient pre-planning will help you maximize the benefits of this investment.
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What Is A Coach?
What is a coach? It is essentially a person trained to help people improve their lives in specific ways.
A coach knows how to help you improve your business, become a better leader, or meet personal goals. In its purest form, coaching is a means of receiving truth to help you grow wiser, or more skilled in living: "Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life." (Proverbs 19:20) Below are some of the major aspects of coaching that benefit leaders:
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