The answer to the question “Why?” helps us determine the value of an effort. Sometimes we might want to ask ourselves if we’re the only person to set the value or if there is a higher Authority? What does God value and why is he doing something?
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“Why?” can be a challenging question. Do you use it as an excuse for the past or as a reason for the future? Does the answer to your “Why?” hold you back or launch you?
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Memorial Day causes me to consider the sacrifice given by others for my freedom. Captain Miller’s charge to Private Ryan from the movie Saving Private Ryan challenges me every year.
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It takes patience to change anything. Change is hard. When the change involves others, often patience is the only weapon you have at your disposal.
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How do you react when something happens to delay the outcome you are working toward? What role do expectations play in the exercise of patience?
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To stultify means to cause to appear stupid or foolish. When we fail to give our team the resources for success, we inspire a sense of futility. Have you ever considered you might stultify your teammates?
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Once, I made a foolish statement to a coworker out of anger and had another attitude adjustment. I learned a valuable lesson about respect. Don’t make the same mistakes I made. Character-based leaders understand genuine respect based on true humility is currency.
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What would you say are the most deflating activities made by your leaders? Check out my list of 13 and add any you think are missing!
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This is the 5th in a series of 6 articles on the attitude adjustments I had to make when I became a manager. With little management training and only a few managers to use for examples, my early management experiences were frustrating and demoralizing. I was drained, stressed and exhausted all the time. It seemed like everything was wrong.
Often in the workplace, a common solution to problems is to offer more training. Continue Reading…
My first management job felt like boot camp or pledge week for 2 years. Almost everything I did was wrong or hard, and I used to say “half of what I know and everything I didn’t know was bad.” It was a draining and trying time.
My life returned and my development as a leader progressed only when I started to embrace new (for me) ideas for leadership. I call those Attitude Adjustments. You can read about the others here. Today’s adjustment, the 4th in this series, is the idea that everyone leads.
Mike Henry Sr. 