Overcome Crisis in 5 Steps When the Leader PRAYS While the crisis is inevitable, failure, more often than not, is avoidable. Strictly speaking, Christian leaders should aim for success. God wants us to succeed and weather the storms of life, rather than merely...
This article is number 2 in our new Improve Productivity series. Article 1 is 3 Communication Practices to Escape Productivity TAR Leader Personality Improves Productivity An executive client asked a great question this week regarding his impact on corporate culture...
Introduction to Organizational Culture Wittingly or unwittingly, your company adopted a corporate culture. To improve employee communications, organizational innovation, and streamline operations, getting familiar with and moving your company towards your...
Increase Employee Engagement: Jesus or Darth Vader? Recently, a client contacted SHVA lamenting he felt as though he, as the workplace supervisor, was required to have all the answers and that his employees only had to be there and do as he directed....
3 Ways Leaders Generate Social Media Influence via CTR Social media influence can make or break a leader and an entire organization. Too often, nightly news is bombarded with articles of leaders posting or tweeting and then being let go because the message was...
Corporate Cyberbullies – 2 Ways to Defeat Them Corporate cyberbullies run rampant on social media. This post is based on a request from a coaching client as a follow up to my 3 Ways leaders Can Maximize Social Media post. I recall a news story a few years...
Death of company loyalty: How to replace company loyalty with leader loyalty Company Loyalty is Dead Company loyalty is dead. The days of employees working 20 years with one company are gone. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that adults work an...
3 Ways Leaders Can Maximize Social Media Leaders can maximize social media’s impact on their organization. Social media is the modern equivalent of the town square. Additionally, the town square is also called the public square. Historically, towns built...
The 4 Steps to Delegating are a Piece of CAKE Delegating is a tough task. Delegating can be very frustrating, especially when I can do it myself faster, and the job will come out just the way I like. However, delegating is a critical skill that can make or...
3 Communication Practices to Escape Productivity TAR To avoid extinction like the dinosaurs, leaders must ensure productivity does not get stuck. Just like the dinosaurs of old, we too must avoid being stuck in modern tar-pits. To avoid getting your organization’s...
Organizational Culture and Leadership 5th Ed Readability: Medium Compatible with Efficient Reading Course: Yes Applicability: Organizational Culture and Leadership describes how to help leaders and managers understand the current organizational culture and make...
Biblically-based Leadership Principles Biblically-based leadership can be distilled down into five principles. These principles, all except for one, are taught in nearly every leadership course I ever attended or taught. However, I realize that the inclusion of...
Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture – Based on the Competing Values Framework 3rd Ed Readability: Medium Compatible with Efficient Reading Course: Yes Applicability: Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture describes how to help consultants and...
Constructive Disagreement Constructive disagreement is essential. However, sometimes followers must disagree with leaders. Accordingly, many political revolutions started because of follower disagreements (Gebil, 1990). In today’s global economy, it is crucial that...
Balancing Individual and Organizational Values: Walking the Tightrope to Success Readability: Easy Compatible with Efficient Reading Course: Yes Applicability: Balancing Individual and Organizational Values, while written specifically for Organizational Development...
Ethical Leadership Required in Today’s Global Marketplace Ethical leadership is required in today’s global business environment. Northouse (2019) discussed the growing interest in leadership ethics. This interest is due to the ever-increasing number of leader...
1501 Ways to Reward Employees Readability: Mildly tricky to read Compatible with Efficient Reading Course: No Applicability: 1501 Ways to Reward Employees is a great resource for low-to-no-cost day-to-day ways to reward employees. The books consisted of two parts....
The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations – 6th ed Readability: Easy to read Compatible with Efficient Reading Course: Yes Applicability: The authors discuss five practices leaders should engage in to be an exemplary leader....
The Making of a Christian Leader: How to Develop Management and Human Relations Skills Readability: Easy, quick Compatible with Efficient Reading Course: No Applicability: Ted Engstrom does a great job explaining the basics of leadership and supervision while adding a...
Leadership: Theory and Practice Readability: Easy, plodding Compatible with Efficient Reading Course: Yes Applicability: Peter Northouse does a great job of synthesizing the most popular leadership theories and styles currently on the market today. This book distills...
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