When it comes to leadership and leadership development, I feel like I have way more blanks than answers. I look at my own development and see where I fall short. I look at how I’m developing students and see where I fall short. I look at how I’m developing adults and see where I fall short.
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Growth is a Challenge
Developing student leaders is a challenge. It’s a challenge to balance the potential we see with the reality of the moment. But when we help a student realize and achieve that potential, it’s worth it. It’s a challenge to convince a student that developing as a leader actually impacts their …
Lessons from the Farm: Know Your Herd
Would you like to know a little secret about cattle? Some are never satisfied. They almost intrinsically want to find a way out of wherever they are. There are exceptions, of course. A good wheat field (today’s picture is actually a picture I received in a text this morning!) will …
Is This What’s Missing In Your Leadership?
That means I can teach 10 people to grow their influence, or I can teach 10 people to grow their influence who in turn grow their influence by teaching 10 people each. At that point influence isn’t growing, it is multiplying. Like chills in the movie Grease.
Will You Lean Into Momentum?
One of the things that has shocked me was how old I was when I first read John Maxwell’s 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. I’m ashamed to admit that it was only a couple years ago. As I read about each law, so many of them made sense, but a …