Our Sons Need to Know How to Love – Week 3
We need to cultivate an awareness and culture of love—or gentleness and kindness toward others—in our sons. He needs you to show him how to love. As fathers, we sometimes …
“Thinking Gray” and “Listening Gray”
This one is going to rattle some folk’s cages. And that is OK with me. Part of the purpose of LeadershipVoices is to spur us to think in ways that …
Thermometer vs. Thermostat Leaders
Driving to work this morning and listening to the news I was again reminded of the need for real leadership in our culture today. And nowhere is that more pronounced …
Our Daughters Need Protection – Week 2
There is nothing I wouldn’t have done to protect my daughter when she was little. And, there isn’t much I wouldn’t do today to protect her if it were within …
A Value Vacuum
Can you have real leadership in a “value vacuum”? What do I mean by that? By that I mean a leadership context that is devoid of values or morals. In …
Our Sons Need Spiritual Foundations and Milestones – Week 1
Welcome to the first article in a multi-part series that deals with the things that we, as fathers, need to do for our children, model for our children, provide for …
Leadership Diagnosis by the Post Mortem Method
OK, the title is a little morbid. But stick with me for a minute or two. Because I have used this approach many times with clients when I was more …
I am guilty of at least 5 things.
Confession is good for the soul, right? If that is true, then here is a confessional moment. I have made many mistakes in the many leadership roles that I have …
They Need You
Every man that I know who is a father wants to be a great father. He wants to be a terrific role model whom his children respect and admire.He wants …
The Founding “Leaders”
Today we celebrate the 237th anniversary of our declaration of independence. Today we honor the founding “fathers” of our nation. I feel like calling them the founding “leaders” today. I …