My all-time favorite leadership quality has got to be teach-ability. If someone has a teachable attitude, there’s no limit to what they can accomplish. On several occasions throughout my career, I have been asked to lead people in an organization that I had no experience in. When I was asked to serve as Lead PastorContinue reading “Great Leaders are Great Learners”
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Great Leaders Go First
Have you ever been told by a leader that you were expected to take some new initiative or idea seriously, only to find out that the leader didn’t take it seriously himself? They emphasized how important everyone’s participation was, and then they didn’t participate themselves. After all, they’re much too busy. How did it makeContinue reading “Great Leaders Go First”
Great Leaders are Challenging
During my family’s first winter in Alaska, we went to the town of Willow to watch the official start of the Iditarod, the world famous sled dog race, which lasts nine to fifteen days, covering over a thousand miles from Willow to Nome. Teams consisting of one man and up to 16 dogs endureContinue reading “Great Leaders are Challenging”