Tasks Vs Vision

Tasks Vs Vision

“Share with people the wonders of the ocean, they will build the boat.”

As leaders we are often time conscious and project driven. We delegate responsibilities to our team members, we assign specific tasks to those we know we can count on and we recognize that we are the ultimately responsible for the quality of their work.

What if we coupled inspiration with delegation? What if we shared our reasoning along with assignments? What if we tied the smallest duties to mission, every task to vision and …

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Recovery

Recovery

I invested 9.5 years of my life in East Africa. I lead teams to build the first permanent building on the Bavuma Island of Lake Victoria, Uganda, East Africa. I have shared leadership across the globe with John Maxwell’s EQUIP and I am the better for it. I have seen my share of water crisis in and throughout East Africa, never did I believe such a crisis would emerge in the USA, let alone in Flint, Michigan.

Tonight I listened to a leader who with a …

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The Law of the Harvest

The Law of the Harvest

How many seconds are on your microwave right now? Mine has 3 seconds displaying on the panel. It is because I can’t wait until it ‘dings’. Seemingly, my ability to ‘wait’ is not very good.

I read recently where marketing research indicates that the attention span for an American adult is slightly over 9 seconds. Yes, I wrote ‘seconds’.

Now that spring time as arrived I see farmers beginning to work in preparation of planting and later this year the harvest. What does this process have to …

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