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Patrick Lencioni noticed that no matter how long or how well a leader leads, some things continue to frustrate almost every leader. Pat and his team came up with a new assessment called Working Genius designed to help every leader figure out what energizes and what drains them, and where their best contribution comes from.…

CNLP 391: Patrick Lencioni on How to Discover Your Working Genius, Uncovering Why Some Aspects of Leadership Drain You and Others Energize You, and How to Get the Best Out of Your Team

So you probably wish you had some better leaders on your team. Want to know what the very best leaders do? They figure out how to construct a team with leaders who are not just better leaders, they assemble a team with leaders who are better than they are. That’s a big deal. If you truly…

5 Keys to Attracting Leaders Who Are Better Than You Are

So you lead. And you’re doing your best. But the real question is—what does your team think of your leadership? How do you know that you’re not the boss everyone goes home complaining about at the end of the day? I hold three university degrees and am trained as both a lawyer and a pastor.…

7 Signs Your Team Thinks You’re a Bad Boss

My guess is that as a leader you hate it when your team messes up. Who doesn’t? The real test of your leadership and character comes not when your team gets it right, but when you or they screw up. Your team will absolutely make mistakes. And so will you. All the time, I hear…

How to Stop Throwing Your Team Under the Bus (Even If They Keep Messing Up)

How do you retain your best team members when you can’t pay them more? That’s an easier question to answer than you might imagine. First, I believe every employer should pay their team members well. I’ve always tried to pay my staff a living wage—well enough that your team doesn’t have to worry about whether…

5 Ways to Give Your Team a Raise Without Paying Them More

See if you recognize this. There are some kinds of leaders (often in churches and not-for-profits) who are wonderful with people, but whose organizations don’t produce great results. Often there’s little accountability, a general drift, poor metrics and just a lack of overall excellence. But the leader’s a really nice person. There are other leaders…

The Single Best Way To Fully Motivate Your Team

Everyone knows that Lone Ranger leaders rarely take their organization as far as leaders who can build a team But here’s the question no one really wants to ask—so am I a Lone Ranger leader? Cue the awkward tension. If you’re even asking the question, good for you. Most of the leaders who need to ask…

5 Signs You’re a Lone Ranger Leader (And Can’t Grow a Team)

You know that as a leader you have a direct impact on your team, right? It’s impossible for a leader NOT to have an impact on their team. The only question is whether it’s a good impact or a bad one. More than anything, your leadership will directly impact team morale. You’re either boosting team morale…

The Top 7 Ways Leaders Demoralize Their Teams