Category Archives: Leadership Coaching

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Who are You as a Leader?

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6096306803_c2ce34f1b1Who are you?

What comes to mind when you read that question?  I imagine you are thinking about your name, age, your family background and your career. Usually when people ask that question, they want to know something along the lines your name.

The same question can be asked but with deeper meaning in mind. This time think of the question in the context of the person you are inside that affects who you are on the outside.

Who are you?

Now the question becomes one of character – who you are on the inside, rather than reputation – who you are perceived to be by others.

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Don’t Look Now But Your Influence Is Showing

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brush teethThere is a saying used by those giving advice on parenting: “More is caught than taught by children.” In other words, children learn more from what they see their parents do than from what their parents say.

The same saying applies to leaders. Some leaders command an audience by their eloquence and commanding presence. But these quickly lose hold when the talk does not match the walk. Leaders must tell people what is important and then live out their own words.

What are your followers learning about physical self-care?

  • Are they learning that physical care is as important as spiritual care? Are you modeling physical well-being by what you eat, how you rest, how much you exercise?
  • Do you stay home and take care of yourself when you are sick?
  • Do you get an annual physical and heed your doctor’s advice or warning?
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Honesty and Accountability

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5 Steps to Rediscovering Your Passion for Life and Leadership Step 3

Where do you go to be completely honest with what you are feeling, thinking and going through without being judged? Who hears your heart with all its fears, joys and concerns?  Who do you have to be straight up in your face honest with you, to let you hear the hard truth even when you do not want to hear it? Many of us, especially leaders, do not have such honesty and accountability in our lives. And for many, the consequences have been tragic.

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I have come to learn that such honesty and accountability is essential for us to live life and to lead with passion, vision, purpose and excellence. It also helps to avoid the disillusionment of self-sufficiency. I have heard many people, myself included, say, “I know if I had a place to be honest

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Create Margin in Your Life

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5 Steps to Help You Rediscover Your Passion for Life and Leadership – Step 2 

Last week we explored the importance of setting goals as essential to restoring purpose and passion in life and leadership. This week in step two we want to look at the importance of creating margin in your life as you work toward your goals.

If you have goals, but do not intentionally prioritize them in your calendar on a daily basis, you will continue to live in a state of frustration.

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Step 2 – Create Margin in Your Life
To achieve life goals we all need margin in our lives.

Margin is the space we create so we can breathe and not feel pressed down or crushed by all we have to do in life and ministry. Dr. Richard Swenson, in his book, Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives, describes margin

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Is Frustration the New Normal?

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5 Steps to Help You Rediscover Passion for Life and Leadership – Step 1

  • Can you recall the last time you felt enthusiastic or excited about life and your leadership responsibilities?
  • Do you wake up each day with a feeling of excitement and enthusiasm, or of depression and dread?
  • Do you come to the end of your day feeling you have had a meaningful, satisfying and successful day; or do you feel tired, discouraged and overworked?

GoalsIf any of the negative aspects are true, perhaps most
frustrating of all is that life was not always like this. Now, you are wondering what happened? Where has the passion gone? Is frustration my new normal? Through the next five weeks, I will share five steps you can take to help you renew your passion for life and leadership. You may be surprised at how simple these steps are. Yet what a difference they will make in your life and ministry!

This week, let’s look at the first step.