Leadership Articles

One group I’m in has an annual white elephant gift exchange, and we can expect one gag gift to be opened every year by an

Here is my definition of leadership: Inspiring intentionally-developed teams to achieve transformative visions. Each word is carefully chosen: Inspiring—Leaders change “we must get them to..”

If you really want to get better and refine your leadership skills, you have to get a little vulnerable and ask for feedback from your

Your team needs clarity to be successful–and to avoid unnecessary conflict. Some of those areas are: The parameters of their role: re-look at their job

Leaders have the choice of continuing to react to circumstances as they pop up all day, “patching the dam” and feeling out of control of

A couple of years ago I spent a lot of time thinking about the definition of a leader.  There seemed to be so many different

I enjoyed another connection with a top-shelf leader here in Tri-Cities: Bill Johnson, the outgoing president of Mission Support Alliance. I didn’t know he was

I had the privilege this year to interview Beck Taylor, the president of Whitworth University in Spokane, where my son attends.  It is my habit

Lobster Moments:  The Natural Growing Pains of Leadership About one month into my first group manager role, I had a staff member come to me

“Thank you.” Leaders don’t get to the top on purely their own strength; they must appreciate/recognize all the people who make each component of their

“The team is only as strong as its leader.” Sometimes being a leader is an undoable job. Yet having the opportunity to influence people to