What Does Dignity Have to Do With Leadership?

In studies of what employees want from an organization, being treated with dignity and respect always ranks higher than money.  What does this really mean? If dignity is so important, leaders better understand it. The word dignity is one of those that I’m never...

To Meet or Not to Meet? That is the Question

This picture has found it’s way into both my Twitter and Facebook feeds over the last few weeks. Been there done that and the inverse is also true.  “I survived another email thread that should have been handled in a meeting.” We (I’m including...

Leader, Lead Thyself

Before you have any hope to lead someone else, you must first lead yourself.  And of everyone you lead, you are the person who will need the most attention and care if you intend to serve your people in a way that brings them to new levels of engagement, fulfillment...

The Real Battle of Leadership

In a video post, I shared the 5 word secret to servant leadership…. “It. Is. Not. About. Me!”  These five simple words are easy to add as a daily mantra or prayer to ground you in servant, other-oriented leadership; however, behind those five simple words is a fierce...