Category Archive: Leadership Development

Gullibility is Deadly: Practice Responsible Trust

People who see the worst in others don’t thrive in life or work.

Gullibility is deadly.

Don’t trust what people say. Trust what they do.

This post explains responsible trust.

If You Struggle to Trust People Read This

All leaders have faith in people. Cynics can’t lead. They can boss but they can’t inspire.

Distrustful people can micromanage, but they can’t engage people.

You can’t trust everyone, but you must trust people to lead.

Read about 4 ways to learn to trust people.

3 Things to Do When You Assume the Worst

Ten minutes after the well guy arrived, we had water.

I thought the well was dry. We had water all the time.

Don’t assume the worst.

Here are 3 ways to deal with a brain that has a mind of its own.

Harnessing Scarcity: 7 Lessons from a Dry Well

Our well is dry. I’m leaning about harnessing scarcity.

Sometimes life sucks.

How are you responding to the bucket of problems you face every day.

Here are 7 ways to harness scarcity for personal and team advantage.

Technology: The Gift that Keeps on Taking

Technology is the gift that keeps on taking. Micromanagement is a breeze.

Bosses can persecute with texts and emails while wearing their pajama bottoms.

The solution is the problem.

From Burn out to Brilliance: Strategies to Reclaim Your Dreams

Neglected dreams don’t die they corrode the soul.

The foolishness of serving others is forgetting how to dream for yourself.

Servant leaders aren’t martyrs.

Everyone who dreams imagines who they might become.

If you’ve forgotten how to dream for yourself, this post offers a beginning.