If You Want to Lead, You Have to Read
As a Leader of LIGHT, you have an important challenge ahead of you: You have to grow yourself, and at the same time, you have to grow everyone around you. Balancing these two tasks can be very difficult.
4 Great Resources To Help You Get Forgivingly Fit
One of the core tenets of being a leader of light is practicing forgiveness. In fact, it’s part of our fifth principle: Talk, Walk, and Teach Civility, Kindness, Forgiveness, and a Love for All.
15 Minute Fixes: How To Get Better at Forgiving Others
When it comes to forgiveness, every leader of light needs to have a powerful exercise that can be employed at a moment’s notice to help those in your charge.
7 Ways to Become Forgivingly Fit
Author C.S. Lewis relates, “Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.”
Do You Have A Problem With Forgiveness?
Anyone who’s in a leadership position understands that it’s a lot easier to talk about forgiveness than it is to actually do it.
The Power of Forgiveness
As leaders of light, it’s guaranteed that we will find ourselves in situations that test our patience. Dealing with broken promises, missed deadlines, substandard performance, and blatant disregard for important organizational values (just to mention a few!) are all part and parcel of the leadership experience.
The Gratitude Formula
The power of gratitude is undeniable. In fact, the great Dr. Robert Evans, the world’s leading authority on the subject, has spent his entire career documenting the benefits. Here is just a smattering of what we can expect when we become grateful for the many the blessings in our lives:
How Gratitude Can Make You a Better Leader
Here’s a shocking reality. Researchers have just discovered that the more successful a leader becomes, the LESS likely they are to express their gratitude to those who work with and for them.
How to Cultivate an Attitude of Gratitude
Put simply, gratitude is the positive emotion felt when all those around you come to the realization that you genuinely care about them and want to do everything in your power to help them shine.
Why Smart Leaders Don’t Bring Smartphones to Meetings
According to new research, it appears that the most effective leaders don’t bring their phones to meetings. And this doesn’t mean simply stowing a device so that it’s out of sight in a pocket or a bag. Nor does it mean just turning it off.