by Mark Deterding | Mar 4, 2014 | Servant Leadership Practices
Who do you have in your life that pushes you to new levels of performance? Are you intentional about aligning yourself with people like that? In his book “The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth”, John Maxwell writes about the “Law of the Environment”. This law illustrates...
by Mark Deterding | Feb 25, 2014 | Servant Leadership Practices
As a leader do you go into work everyday looking to catch people doing the right thing, or are you more focused on dealing with issues and problems? I don’t believe people come into work each day to figure out what they can screw up. No, they come in to do great work,...
by Mark Deterding | Feb 18, 2014 | Servant Leadership Practices
I have been doing some informal surveys with readers about the effectiveness of my blogs. I constantly want to be sure that I am providing value, and am looking to improve the content and the conversation around the information provided. A consistent feedback theme...
by Mark Deterding | Feb 13, 2014 | Servant Leadership Practices
And the Buzzword of the week is…. “Tribes”, no that was last week. “Communities”, or is it “Cohorts”? Oh who am I kidding I love sports and I’m writing the blog so I’m going with “Teams”. Whatever you want to call it they are one in the same in my mind. A...
by Mark Deterding | Feb 10, 2014 | Servant Leadership Philosophy
I had the great honor of being part of the Minnesota delegation last week at the National Day of Prayer in Washington DC. It was an eye opening experience, as well as one of great hope for our country and our world. A couple of interesting facts about the National...