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-Leaders pray and influence others to do the same- I absolutely dreaded them. As a young boy, my dad would take me to the church for the weekly prayer meeting. I remember kneeling at a pew [...]

  Do you remember the days before answering machines, pagers, voice mail, email, and texting? No? Well, I guess that demonstrates one of the massive cultural divides between baby boomers [...]

  You want to lead effectively. You cannot do so without becoming an outstanding communicator. Effective communication starts with self-awareness, grows by shaping the soul of your [...]

  Scene Analysis: Understanding the Three Scenarios It’s a Saturday afternoon postgame interview with the losing head coach of a college football team. The scene is almost always one of [...]

  I could not believe what my eyes were reading and what my ears were hearing. While I sat in a physical and mental posture of learning, I waited for my Professor of Record in a doctorate [...]

  Importance of Writing Action Plans According to Peter Drucker, the second of eight effective practices of effective leaders is to invest time in writing action plans. Writing an action [...]

  Every conscientious leader strives to be more effective. I want to get better, and so do you. That’s why we work on our approach to leading ourselves and others, not just doing whatever we [...]

  Three Perspectives Within Healthy Leadership Our work at Lead Today has taught us a peculiar fact: many of us [leaders] have found ourselves in positions of influence almost by accident. [...]

  Conscious and Empathic Leadership “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” ― C.G. Jung SELF EXAMINATION Outstanding [...]

I once worked for a small family-owned restaurant. The pay was minimal, the conditions weren’t all that glamorous, and the hours were less than ideal. But I loved the place because it had a [...]