Blog Heaven May 18, 2012
Posted by thehutch in Uncategorized.Tags: leadership, management
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Some posts that are worth reading;
1) Michael Hyatt – Frustrating your team
2) Mike Breen – Leadership not the answer?
Both very useful and give room for discussion
Meeting Overload May 17, 2012
Posted by thehutch in ponderings.Tags: leadership, management, teamwork
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We are so used to meetings that we may sometimes find ourselves in situations where we diary meetings because we can think of no other way in which to operate. If you are in this place, you may find yourself in meeting overload.
It is not always necessary to have a meeting in order to get the job done or to communicate with the team. Time is not a limitless resource – unnecessary meetings destroy motivation, necessary meetings engage with people.
Choose wisely
Who are you? May 16, 2012
Posted by thehutch in personal.Tags: leadership, leading, personalp
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Too many people seek to hide and live very different in the private life to their public life. The difficulty with this approach is that the truth will always be revealed – the true self will come to the surface. You may hide for a time but at some point the real ‘you’ will be revealed.
Guard your hearts and minds – then you will never have to fear as the real you will be clear in both the public and private spaces.
Be Yourself May 15, 2012
Posted by thehutch in personal.Tags: be yourself, leadership, management, Sun tzu
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“Simply being oneself brings about a power often lost in the rush to be something else” Sun Tzu
How often do we try and be like someone else? How often do we wish to be in someone else’s shoes? The truth is, we are at our most powerful, most able, most productive when we simply learn ‘to be oneself’.
Quote Frenzy – YAC style May 14, 2012
Posted by thehutch in church, quotes, youthwork.Tags: leadership, Mike Yaconelli, quotes, Yac, youthwork
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Three Quotes today from the legend that was Mike Yaconelli:
“There are a whole lot of people who are so freakin’ busy—they’ve so cluttered up their lives—they’re at their wits’ end. And if they’d only just stop for a minute, they could hear the God of the universe whisper to them, “I love you.” “
“I’m in awe of youth workers, and I think Jesus is, too. I just wish the Church felt the same. “
“We have a room here full of rag-tag, foolish, unsophisticated, unfinished, work-in-progress, weak, disrespected, ragamuffins, who have been called to work with a group of rag-tag, foolish, unsophisticated, unfinished, work-in-progress, wondering young people. What an honor. What a calling. “
absence of trust May 11, 2012
Posted by thehutch in Uncategorized.Tags: leadership, team, teamwork, trust
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Is it possible for a team to function when there is an absence of trust?
The truth is……unlikely! There may be opportunities for basic functionality but for any team to progress to its full potential, team members need to be able to trust one another. When things are running well and smoothly, the cracks can be hidden but as soon as difficulties or problems surface the inability of team members to trust one another will hold back the team.
Trust can be learned, mastered and developed….work on it – if not you will suffer in the mire known as the absence of trust.
What is the Most Important Attribute? May 10, 2012
Posted by thehutch in personal.Tags: attributes, leadership, values
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If there was one single attribute of a leader that was more valuable than any other, what would it be?
Honesty, truthfulness, like ability, strength, knowledge, etc. etc. etc.
What would you pick?
misunderstood leadership April 30, 2012
Posted by thehutch in ponderings.Tags: bad, good, leader, leadership, rises and falls
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One of the expressions readily used by senior leaders and by conferences promoting their offerings is:
“Everything rises and falls on leadership“
Whilst many will shout a hearty ‘Amen!” to the statement, the danger lurks in how it is heard and the way people interpret it. The interpretation that some may receive and abide by is dangerous and destructive.
This expression is often heard as:
“Everything rises and falls on the leader“
This interpretation is wrong and should be avoided at all costs. This is a place of great danger and is, at best, misunderstood leadership.
excuse culture April 23, 2012
Posted by thehutch in ponderings.Tags: change, culture, excuses, leadership, management, reward, risk
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It is all too common to hear excuses, unfortunately many without basis or need, that are used to hide blame or ignore problems. Far better to be in an environment that accepts responsibility than using excuses for why things are not as anticipated.
“That was before my time here”
“I was not consulted on this”
“I did not know enough detail”
“there is always a significant lead-in time that we had not anticipated”
There are many more, but these are an example of an excuse culture – once in a while they may be valid, often they are not.
