by bw_admin | Apr 23, 2015 | Self-Leadership
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...
by bw_admin | Apr 22, 2015 | Latest News
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...
by bw_admin | Apr 15, 2015 | Servant Leadership
A serving approach to leadership isn’t for everyone AND you can achieve success in your leadership endeavors without embracing it. Yes, you read that correctly. Servant leadership is not the only way to lead your team or organization to success. While I...
by bw_admin | Apr 8, 2015 | Servant Leadership
We measure all sorts of things. Quality, Profit, Safety, Engagement, Retention, Turnover are measured and those are all things that matter. If a red flag is raised on any one of these, depending on the nature of your organization, you go into action quickly and take...
by bw_admin | Apr 1, 2015 | Servant Leadership
A volunteer leader on my team, in an organization where we both serve, passed me in frustration yesterday as one of his team members didn’t live up to their responsibility and put him and the rest of the team into panic mode. I quickly said to him that we have...
by bw_admin | Mar 25, 2015 | Latest News
Every year, Fortune Magazine partners with the Great Places to Work folks to identify the 100 best workplaces. I used to consider this issue of Fortune to be just the “dog and pony show” of corporate America; however, the report has evolved into a treasure trove of...
by bw_admin | Mar 18, 2015 | Latest News
I’m so excited to share my remade home on the internet. I couldn’t be happier. The aesthetics of the site are a reflection of me and my style and my values are reinforced throughout. Family – Whether we’re meeting for the first time or have a...
by bw_admin | Mar 18, 2015 | Servant Leadership
I have the privilege to work with college students from around the country teaching them about leadership and what it takes to be successful in the working world. Recently, someone asked me what one leadership lesson I would teach to these students if I could only...
by bw_admin | Feb 16, 2015 | Servant Leadership
One of the most frequently asked leadership questions I receive is how can I be hard-nosed about results, hold my people accountable while also maintaining a commitment to putting people first? The problem with this question is that it is being asked as an “either or”...
by bw_admin | Feb 5, 2015 | Latest News
Leadership is hard work. Researchers have uncovered a pattern over the past few years that suggests that mastery of just about anything has far more to do with the time spent practicing than raw talent or genetics. Malcom Gladwell wrote in “The Outliers” that 10,000...
