by Mark Deterding | Sep 30, 2014 | Servant Leadership Practices
How often have you heard of the importance of embracing the values and “walking the talk” as a leader? It is certainly extremely important. In fact your actions as a leader help the desired culture of the organization or team come alive. It illustrates to people what...
by Mark Deterding | Sep 23, 2014 | Servant Leadership Practices
Have you ever been on a team where it seemed that nobody wanted to change? Everyone was comfortable proceeding “as is”. This is a major problem, as people that are stuck in the past are a detriment to future growth and improvement. Living in the past delays progress....
by Mark Deterding | Sep 16, 2014 | Servant Leadership Practices
Have you ever had a teacher/leader/coach/parent attempt to give you direction with a painfully long-winded description and when they finish you’re left scratching your head. You proceed to ask for clarification by paraphrasing what you think they meant in a single...
by Mark Deterding | Sep 2, 2014 | Servant Leadership Philosophy, Servant Leadership Practices
This week marks the official launch of the 10th Anniversary Edition of The Secret, by Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller. Ken and Mark have had a profound impact on my Leadership Point of View so I am very proud to help them promote the launch of the updated edition of...
by Mark Deterding | Aug 26, 2014 | Servant Leadership Practices
I’ve lived in MN for 27 years and I continue to marvel at the variability of our weather. Three days ago it was very hot, with no wind, a perfect lake day. Yesterday, people were in their sweatshirts as it had dropped to the low 60’s with high winds. Today, back...
by Mark Deterding | Jun 24, 2014 | Servant Leadership Practices
Great idea in theory but how do I implement? Have you ever been left with this thought? Last weeks’ blog topic arose from a question by a Leadership Roundtable participant. Seeing that people had questions, I decided to ask my valued TLS subscribers in our weekly...