Posts Tagged "emotional"
Weekend Wondering – Thanksgiving, Families and Leadership
With Thanksgiving around the corner, this weekend is our last before the Holiday Season kicks into high gear. How are you feeling about the Holidays? If you are like most people, a host of emotions trailing back to childhood color our experience of the annual festivities. Thanksgiving has become the time when we gather with family and friends and toast the success of brave pilgrims weathering the challenges of a new world. That is until the food orgy, football games and familial disputes run us into the biggest shopping day of the year. One way to freshen our traditional feelings of thanks this year is to look at yourself and your leadership in a new light. Living the...
Read MoreThe Importance of Rest and Renewal
Share By: Chris W. Bell, Director of Interactive Learning-Leadership Connection “Leadership is managing energy in yourself first — then inspiring others to take action to improve their lives.” If you aspire to inspire, you must first learn how to manage yourself. Self-management, like any exercise, has two distinct parts: work and rest. Both are important in learning how to lead. You need to know how to get things done because you can’t be a competent leader unless you have competence in your chosen area. Also, if you don’t know how to rest, you’ll burn out and not have the energy to see things through the long haul. Remember that leadership is a marathon...
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