Pastor Dave Kraft, author of Leaders Who Last, is my coach which I count as a choice
blessing. His post on Monday is a good one entitled BIBLICAL LEADERS CONSISTENTLY SAY FIVE THINGS.
The five things are:
- Forgive me.
- You’re right
- You’re wrong.
- Jesus loves you.
- Me too.
Check out his full post by clicking here – you will be blessed and challenged!
BG
Have you found this statement to be true? You have hired someone who is highly talented, but they don’t work out because of character issues? Or maybe they just don’t fit your culture?
The three C’s are fairly well known, but seemingly not well practiced. They are (in order of importance):
Character
Chemistry
Competency
Most of us seem to know this, but if you look at most hiring systems, all the documentation revolves around the third C - competency or job skills. If you truly believe that character is foundational and that chemistry is key to a healthy team, then you need to rebuild your human systems to reflect this type thinking.
Until you do, you will continue to bring on talented people and then wonder why they did not work out.
Blessings on your week!!
BG
Good Monday morning!
A question for you – are you investing your life so that it continues to produce “returns” long after you are gone or are you just “spending” your life to get by? Are you involved in something and giving your life to something that is far greater than yourself?
My personal journey is “bookended” by times of service. After college I served as an officer in the US Army. A great time of serving that God used deeply in my life to grow me. Then listening to the collective wisdom of the group we know as “they”, I listened when “they” said I needed to pursue a career in industry. So for many years, I worked in the corporate environment where I learned much, but had no passion for what I was doing, but I was on the path that “they” said was the right one. Finally, the Lord called me into full-time ministry and I am now again serving something far greater than myself and with purpose.
There is a great deal of difference between serving and working. Which are you doing? Now let me be clear, you can be serving and be working in the corporate world – it is about your focus and Who you are seeking to glorify. I have some friends who are making a great impact for Christ through business – they have the right focus.
So back to my question – are you investing your life or just spending it?
BG
Problem solving is a key function of leaders and we need all the tools to help us that we can find. A leader always should be looking for “tools” to add to his leadership toolbox. TRIZ is a good one to add.
MindTools has a good article on TRIZ. By the way, “TRIZ” is the (Russian) acronym for the “Theory of Inventive Problem Solving.” Following is a brief segment from the article on TRIZ:
About TRIZ
Have a great weekend.
BG
In an article, Jim Collins the author of Good to Great and other books, relates how he had to unplug his TV in order to meet his reading goal. As long as he had availability to his TV, it kept him from his more important goal of reading. So he unplugged his TV and his reading got back on track.
As leaders and as organizations, we often have things that are a distraction to our core mission or purpose. What is hard is that often these are good things – just not best things.
So Jim Collins recommends creating a “Stop-Doing List“. In fact, he argues that it is more important than your to-do list. So take some time and ask yourself – what are the things that I do (and often enjoy) that are robbing me and my organization of the focus, time and energy that could and should be applied to more important activities?
Do you spend too much time surfing the Internet, maybe telling yourself that you are doing research? Do you spend too much time in front of the TV telling yourself that your are just “chilling out”? Do you spend too much time in unproductive meetings? Do you allow yourself to be constantly interrupted by e-mail?
What s keeping you and your organization from being what God called you to be? What do you need to “stop-doing”?
BG
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