Written by Mikal H. W. Brown
As we approach the middle of the year, you may be experiencing the close of a school year, a quarter, or a mid-year financial review. I urge you during this time to take time for your personal goals for the year.
Thus far, have you made progress with your personal growth? Have you seen a change in the way your staff, co-workers or family work together? Do you see places where you failed, and if so, what have you done to address this? As you consider these questions, I would like to leave you with a few thoughts until our next issue.
As a leader it is prudent to have a clear goal in mind so that you don’t go adrift in your plan for the future. The catastrophic effects are apparent regarding not understanding your focus and the role that you fill. The results are ostensibly evident as expressed in Rehnuma Karim’s article regarding Kodak and their opinion of the digital revolution.
To have this type of leadership and purpose, one must move past looking at his or her position and see it as a calling rather than a career. This ideal can provide you with new horizons of possibility. The ideology of striving to follow one’s passion affects the results as you lead the people around you.
Lastly, the doctrine of Servant Leadership is something to which I subscribe. Whether you are running a B-Corporation, are a mid-level manager, employee, parent or student, the opportunities to employ Servant Leadership are plentiful. By taking care of others, you will find that others begin to have a willingness not heretofore seen.
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If you have ever considered leadership, I am sure that you’ve come across John Maxwell.
In this book Maxwell discusses changes that must occur in organizations to maintain relevancy and achieve goals. I once heard a statement that sums up this book’s objective, “You manage resources, yet you lead people.”
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