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Do People Trust You?

Being trusted involves more than personal integrity. Just because a leader is honest and respectful of others, doesn't mean that they are necessarily an effective leader. The component of "performance trust" is also a crucial aspect of leadership effectiveness. It doesn't matter how nice and caring you are; if you don't deliver high quality work…
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Building Hope

We have been talking about the importance of leaders having real hope and how that can help the people in their teams to move ahead with enthusiasm. However, the past few years of the global financial crisis has really knocked many people's hope levels down. Hopes of a business being successful or of long planned…
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Healing Power of Gratitude

Many of us grew up having had "good" manners drilled into us.  Please and thank you being the "magic words" of etiquette but more than just being polite, showing gratitude may just have some unexpected and profound healing effects.   Who doesn't like to be thanked, to be recognized in an appropriate way when we have…
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How Stable is your Organization?

Some organizations, while appearing to be rock solid from the outside,  are actually quite fragile and open to instability and possible collapse. We have all seen in the past few years how quickly the scene can change when pressure is applied to businesses and their leaders. Some possible signs of organizational instability: Short cuts, easy…
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Live True, Live Free

Woke up this morning feeling quite off balance.  A weird confession perhaps for someone who is passionate about what he does.  Regardless, I felt off balance.  I felt as if some how I had drifted away from the “sweet spot" - that place that I like to live from where I am at peace with…
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Creating a Culture of Care

This photo (although a little creepy) does represent the traditional organizational structure most widely used in the world. When we look at organizational structures we often see them representing the hierarchy of authority, responsibility and influence. They do represent all of these, however, it is also important to look at the structure representing the flow…
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Stressed Out or Burnout?

There is an important distinction to be made between stress and being burnt out. Stress is a natural part of human existence. Consider when we exercise, our muscles experience stress and this stress over a period of time results in stronger, healthier muscles. As anyone who has overdone it with exercise can attest, too much…
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Pastor Burnout

If ever there was a career path that was uniquely vulnerable to burnout, it is the pastor/minister. It is estimated that 40% of pastors and 47% of pastors spouses report suffering from burnout.  According to some sources, 33% of pastors experience burnout within the first five years of ministry.  Other sources suggest 1500 pastors per…
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The Cobled Path to Peace

World peace is a journey That begins with a single, faltering step Upon the cobbled path of inner peace. Inner peace is the perfection of inner healing. Inner healing is the fruit of acceptance. Acceptance is the tree of life That springs forth from Love. Love is the seed. Christ is the Seed. God is…
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Is it Godly Leadership or Control?

In an organization, leaders generally consider themselves in the right. It is part of the paradigm they create for themselves: if you have succeeded in making your way to the top of an organization, then, by definition, the values for which you stand, must be right, because they have been authenticated and validated by peers…
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