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Leadership

Captain vs. Coach

Leadership

The term coach is often used to summarize the leadership traits we should exhibit when we lead a team. The coach provides the vision, creates the next steps or plays, and mentors all those under her.  At the collegiate or professional level, the coaching staff will strategize while the team is resting.  But during the [...]

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What’s the Difference Between a Committee and a Team?

Leadership

There is a difference between being a committee member and a team member. Take a look at Webster definitions of Committee and Team: Committee- (noun) a person to whom a charge or trust is committed Team- (noun) two or more draft animals harnessed to the same vehicle or implement; also: these with their harness and attached [...]

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Heroes, Pioneers & Martyrs

Leadership

I have an insatiable need to learn. One of the things I love to read about or watch on TV are biographies or documentaries on the lives of ‘great’ people.  The more I study the lives of great people we’ve come to idolize, I understand they were people of great strength with equal weaknesses. It [...]

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Starting Your Leadership Library

Leadership

In my mid-twenties, I came to the sad realization that I was a pathetic leader. I didn’t have a good people skills.  I knew I needed to make a change. I was cutting through a discount book store near campus, when I saw the book “The Power of Followership” by Robert Kelly.  I bought the [...]

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The Seed of Leadership

Servant Leadership

Whenever leadership is discussed, terms like: Visionary Inspires Focuses on people Change agent Strategic Thinker Creative Fierce Conversationalist Committed Disciplined And we can go on… are brought up as desired character traits. All the character traits of leadership you deem important are and can be developed regardless of your natural inclinations.  Because the list of [...]

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Introverted Leader’s Guide Part 2

Leadership

Work/Life Balance help for the Introvert This is not about balancing personal life and work. This is balancing  down time with your up time in all areas of your life.  I’ve shared with friends that on my way to work , I “flip the switch” to do my job.  Any introvert can definitely be more [...]

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