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The Influence Of A Leader’s Actions In Personal And Professional Relationships

As a leader, people are watching you. They’re looking to see how you will respond to difficult circumstances, challenging people, and even success. People want to know how you will respond to what you’re experiencing. 

Beyond that, people are also listening. They’re listening to hear what you say, how you say it, and in what tone you say what you say. 

Being a leader is difficult because you’re always under a microscope. 

You have to step into leadership knowing this. When you do, you’re prepared to understand how your actions influence personal and professional relationships.

I always think of the youth students my wife and I have mentored. We’ve been in youth ministry for over 20 years. That’s an insane amount of time, but we love the students and know we’re making a difference.  Read more...

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Oppenheimer – Barbenheimer Part 2

A Reel Leadership Article

My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book.

The second film for the Barbenheimer weekend is the Christopher Nolan film, Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer tells the story of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy). He’s the creator of the atomic bomb. 

The Barbie and Oppenheimer movies couldn’t be more different from one another. Barbie is a fun romp, while Oppenheimer tackles the difficult decisions and consequences of the creation of a bomb that killed hundreds of thousands of people. 

That’s what makes Barbenheimer such a great idea; you get a fun movie with a weighty film.

Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer movie

Oppenheimer will deliver on that front if you’re looking for something heavy. It’ll also drop an atomic bomb of leadership lessons on you as well.

Read on for the outstanding leadership lessons found in Oppenheimer.  Read more...

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Don’t Be A Fool

Today is April Fools’ Day. It’s a day full of pranks, silly gags, and tricks to make people look foolish.

This day can be a lot of fun. It can also cause a lot of grief.

But I don’t want to focus on April Fools tricks. Instead, I want to focus on ways leaders are foolish and how we can stop that.

Here's how to avoid being a foolish leader

How Leaders Look Foolish

My heart breaks when I see leaders act foolishly. Not only do they hurt themselves. They hurt their teams.

The frustrating thing here is that leaders can do foolish things without realizing it.

They’re fools. No, wait… We’re fools as we all do these things.

So, what can a leader do to look foolish?

A leader looks foolish when he tries to act like he knows it all: Come on guys… No one out there knows everything. It’s just not possible.  Read more...