Every man needs someone to make it their business that the man remain encouraged, remain seen for who he is at his core and who he can be…
The Half-Life of Mentoring
There comes a time when mentoring looses its effectiveness and/or appropriateness. To mentor, most generally, is to model behavior. Knowing when to switch up my approach or exit will help me not to outlive my usefulness. Mentoring is no longer effective when my mentee desires to be someone different than who I am, to go […]
Hypocritical Decisions of Otherwise Good Leaders
I value the influence of people who help to direct my life. In a recent personal experience, I observed a good leader talk me though a decision that he has made for his company—to hire outside the company for a position which mission is to primarily establish a culture of developing team members and promoting […]
Visionary Eclipse
Leaders, how open are you to hearing and understanding the hopes and dreams of the people whom you lead? Are you so stuck on and driven towards your vision that you miss the heartbeat of what motivates your people?
Time and Space
It sometimes amazes me what good interactions and conversations and learning take place when we create mutual time and comfortable space for people to connect. I become so encouraged and filled that I don’t want for the time to end.
