A good listener must be people oriented, genuinely interested in others. He must be empathetic, equally concerned with the well-being of those around him.
Many leaders who have a relationship with God want to experience the blessings of God. We ask God for blessings. We pray about it and we earnestly seek God’s best.
We aren’t teaching boys what it means to be a man. They lack not only the knowledge of manhood, but any concept of the responsibilities of a man. In short, males do not know how to live and act as men.
The reason we called a leadership transition “succession” is that it is a forward-looking process. Every generation of leader will face new and different obstacles, challenges and goals. Looking back to recreate past success will fail.
Wisdom is a combination of knowledge and experience. When faced with circumstances, decisions, crises or opportunities, we might look for wisdom to help us choose the best course of action.
When performance trumps people, an eclipse of leadership occurs. The leader himself overshadows the team. His priorities, ideas, thoughts, decisions, become the elements of first importance.
The pandemic artificially forced everyone to isolate as much as possible from non-family members. Many went from a situation that was forced to one which was favored. What about post-pandemic?
Do you have the ability to continue in your course of action even when it becomes difficult, or you face opposition? This is the definition of persistence, and it’s a crucial leadership quality that you will need in work, marriage and home.
Inventor Thomas Edison (1847-1931) established many of the technologies of our modern world, including electric power, the light bulb, mass communication, batteries, and motion pictures.