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001 Lead Something There is great value in going beyond words, thoughts and theories and leading something / anything. This is the beginning place of leadership.
002 Proactive Correction Everyone struggles to change! Yet as leaders we still need to implement change when it is needed.
003 Change with Vision Change must always be associated with and connected to vision, change for change's sake is dangerous and often destructive.
004 The Most Important Thing So often love is an overwhelming underestimated force and imperative necessity. If you lead without love, you are wasting your time.
005 Final Destination How can lead anything forward without a vision, which is in fact the preferred final destination that a leader needs to rally her or his people to.
006 Culture of Change Cultivate a culture of change within your ministry or organisation that helps you increase momentum and reach your goals.
007 Steamrolling There are different ways to lead. Often the best isn't steamrolling over those you are wanting to help go forward, there are other options.
008 Motive Check Why do you do the things you do? Are you leading for the right reasons, or are their ulterior motives at play?
009 Sharpening Your Edge It is my responsibility to make sure I am developing as a leader and sharpening the edge of my leadership on a regular basis. Part 1.
010 Still Sharpening It is my responsibility to make sure I am developing as a leader and sharpening the edge of my leadership on a regular basis. Part 2.
011 Criticise Me How does one deal with criticism and if it has to come what's the best method of distribution?
012 Filtering Criticism There are certain filters that are helpful to be aware of and use when we are criticised so we have some guidance in how to both respond and act.
013 Outside Criticism What do you do when you are criticised by those who are outside of what you are trying to achieve?
014 Justification It is tempting to justify ourselves to critics but often it is to our own detriment.
015 Anonymity Anonymous criticism is the most hurtful kind. How can we be sure that we only respond to owned and named criticism.
016 Higher Ground When we face criticism there is something within us that wants to strike back and take revenge, there is however another way, a better way.
017 Leading Through Criticism Criticism will continually be our partner when it comes to leading, but we must lead anyway and regardless.
018 Patterns of Detraction This episode addresses that place many individuals and organisations reach where they have great ideas but continually fail to implement them.
019 Causes of Detraction What are the causes of our failure to implement the great ideas that we have and generate?
020 Finding Traction Getting out of the pattern of failing to implement great initiatives.
021 Excuses Deal head on with the excuses you give and the reasons you behind the excuses you tend to fall back on.
022 Holding Pattern Don't settle for the status quo when just one more step could lead you to an opportunity that changes everything.
023 Connecting With Youth Young people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. Young people are guided by the intensity of relationships.
024 Quality Not Quantity So often success rates as this world judges them require everything bigger and better, but what if that bigger and better is shallow and superficial, isn't it all about quality.
025 Ability, Practice & Position What is leadership and do you need position to do it? Can you have a position of leadership and not be a leader?
027 Integrity Cube Looking at how important it is to lead with integrity and how we must always be addressing the weaknesses that appear in our character.
028 Why Compromise Why do we so easily compromise the integrity which is required of us if we are to lead with any sort of significance.
029 Subtle Slips How subtly our integrity breaks down until we find ourselves one day in a very dark place.
030 Integrity Systems The health of our leadership depends on the health of our integrity, just like the health of our bodies depends on the health of the Systems that run our bodies.
031 Trustworthiness Trust is as important to our leadership as the circulation of blood is to our bodies. So how do we develop trust?
038 Rhythm Rythm sustains momentum and leads to effectiveness and quality, both in who we are and what we produce as leaders.
039 Follow With Excellence Following with Excellence is just as valuable as leading with excellence, and in some case much harder.
040 The Difference There is a difference between knowing how to lead and leading. It's not enough just to know the theory of how to do it.
041 The Big Picture We are all part of a bigger picture and when we lead with the intension of building the bigger picture, and not just our small picture, enormous effective progress can be made.
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