Month: November 2017

Ep 014: Liz Wiseman

Posted on November 20, 2017 by - Leading Others, Podcasts, Servant Leadership, Supervising People

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SUMMARY:

Leadership expert Liz Wiseman describes research around the management style of three types of leaders: The “Multiplier” who amplifies the intelligence of the leaders around them, the “Diminisher” who exhausts and frustrates the people with whom they interact and the “Accidental Diminisher” who unintentionally has a diminishing effect.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

  • There is latent and unused intelligence all around us.
  • The best leaders use their intelligence to amplify the capability of the people around them.
  • When you lead like a Multiplier, people around you actually get smarter and more capable.
  • Multipliers believe people are smart and will figure it out.
  • Diminishers believe no one will figure it out without them.
  • Some types of Diminishers are empire builders, tyrants, know-it-alls, decision-makers & micro managers.
  • Some types of Multipliers are talent magnets, liberators, challengers, debate-makers & investors.
  • Diminishers get less than 50% of people’s talent. Multipliers get 95% of people’s talent.
  • Accidental Diminishers are totally unaware they have a diminishing impact.
  • Some types of Accidental Diminishers are the idea guy, always on, rescuer, pace setter, rapid responder, optimist.
  • Are you leading like the genius? Or are you leading like the genius-maker who creates intelligence within those around you?
  • It’s time we realize that the top of the intelligence hierarchy is the genius-maker, not the genius.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

  1. Think about a job where you worked for a Diminisher and complete the items below:
    Name of the job:What specific actions did the Diminisher do?How much of your intelligence did they get?
  2. Think about a job where you worked for a Multiplier and complete the items below:
    Name of the job:What specific actions did the Multiplier do?How much of your intelligence did they get?
  3. Which of the following Accidental Diminisher types do you most identify with? (Click here to take the Accidental Diminisher Quiz)
    • Idea Guy
    • Always On
    • Rescuer
    • Pace Setter
    • Rapid Responder
    • Optimist
  4. What is one thing you could do to work on your Accidental Diminisher tendency?

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Liz Wiseman’s presentation slides

Silicon Valley

Larry Gelwix

Wangari Maathai

KR Sridhar

Bloom Energy

Oracle

Charlie Brown’s teacher

Bono

George Clooney

William Ewart Gladstone

Benjamin Disraeli

RELATED LINKS:

The Wiseman Group

Multipliers books

Accidental Diminisher poster download

Accidental Diminisher Quiz

Willow Creek Community Church

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Leaders Thank YOU for Bringing the GLS to the World

Posted on November 20, 2017 by - Africa, Asia, Because of the GLS, Calling, Eastern Europe, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Stories

To all our friends who pray or financially support The Global Leadership Summit around the world…

Thank you!

Your generosity goes a long way. When you equip, empower and encourage someone through the GLS, you expand their impact in their community and change lives around the world!

In August we launched into the 2017 international Summit season, which continues to train up leaders throughout the fall and spring months in another 128 countries!

Be encouraged and inspired by our friends who express their thanks for the impact you have already had on their lives and in their countries, and please continue to pray for them in this season.

 

Thank you from Ghana

I just want to say thank you, all of you, who’ve contributed in making this GLS come to Ghana. I know I’m subsidized, because you gave. I want God to bless you, and I want you to know you should not stop what you started, because there are so many more people out there who need to have this experience. As you continue to give, God will reach out to them, and we will have a world with good leaders, and everybody will win. Thank you, and God bless you.—Rosemond Quarcopome, GLS leader, Ghana

Thank you from Ukraine

First of all, I really appreciate all the help that the GLS provides in Ukraine, and for helping us start the GLS here. My personal thankfulness is for people who invested in Ukraine and our GLS because God is using that tool to touch so many hearts and a new generation of leaders who will form what will happen in our churches and our society. In the midst of all the trouble we’re going through, true leadership is what we really need. Without a true leader, and without a true vision, we don’t really have a future, so thank you for investing in our future and our leadership development in Ukraine.—Yaroslav Pyzh, GLS leader, Ukraine

 

Thank you from Jordan

I want to thank you very much for the continued support for the GLS in Jordan. We have been doing it now for seven years, but it was in the last year that we saw the breakthrough we were looking for. We saw the numbers double in attendance and how the community came. I just want to thank you so much because you believed and you kept on supporting and helping until we reached this point. You could have stopped supporting a few years ago, because there didn’t seem to be much success, but you continued to say, ‘We’re going to support the leaders.’ And now we are looking forward to a greater thing that will happen through the GLS in Jordan. Thank you very much for your support and prayers, and every person who is trying to put a small seed in the GLS. I thank you so much and pray that God will bless you richly and support you.—Randa Halaseh, GLS leader, Jordan

Thank you from The Bahamas

I want to thank the donors of The Global Leadership Summit for their investment in something that is so phenomenal. Your investment is making a big difference in the Bahamas. Our country and the lives of our people are being transformed as a result of your investment. I, myself, am being improved as a leader as a result of your investment. I encourage you to continue to invest.—Gadville MacDonald, GLS leader, The Bahamas

Thank you from Southern Africa

On behalf of Southern Africa, we would really like to express our heartfelt thanks for the commitment you’ve shown to our countries. We’d like to thank you for the sacrifices you’ve made so that leaders in our countries could attend The Global Leadership Summit and have their lives changed, which in turn will help to change their communities and their countries. From the bottom of our hearts, we would like to extend our thanks and our appreciation for everything you have done for us.—Janine Couchman, Willow Creek Association South Africa, and regional leader for Southern Africa

Thank you from The Philippines

On behalf of my country, The Philippines, we would really like to thank all of you who have been supporting the GLS, especially the GLS in our country. It is very helpful and important. My prayer is that you would continue to support us, and also partner and pray with us. I believe when the leaders of our country become better, our country can change. The Philippines can change when leaders become better. Thank you.—Jesusito Bong Baylon, GLS leader, The Philippines

The Surprising Alignment of Marcus Buckingham and Moses

Posted on November 20, 2017 by - Articles, Leadership Development, Leading Organizations, Meetings, Performance Management, Supervising People

Perhaps you’re familiar with the story in Exodus 18.

Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, pays a visit after God has delivered the Israelites out of Egypt. It’s a victorious time and I can imagine Moses is feeling a bit re-energized as a leader.

Verse 13 tells us, “Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people.” It’s back to business as usual. Moses returns to a role he likely feels confident in. I would imagine he is eager for his father-in-law to see him in action. It’s an opportunity to prove he is capable and confident in leading God’s people.

I can’t help but feel a little sorry for Moses when to his surprise, rather than praising his leadership, Jethro says, “What you are doing is not good. You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.”

If I’m Moses, I’m feeling every emotion imaginable within a matter of seconds— surprise, anger, sheepishness, fear, doubt, insecurity, arrogance and resistance.

Jethro goes on to describe one of the first organizational charts we see in scripture. Moses is instructed to appoint leaders over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens so that he can primarily focus on the most difficult work.

In the consulting work that I do with organizations, one of the first questions I ask is, “How many direct reports does the leader have?” This one question always provides insight for me regarding where the challenges lie for the organization.

Most leaders hire me to coach or consult them because they are experiencing a roadblock of some kind.

In his Global Leadership Summit talk, Marcus Buckingham made a statement that perfectly addresses the question of how many direct reports a leader should have. He said, “The perfect span of control is the number of people you can have a check-in with every week.”

Ridiculously simple, right?

But that’s the issue. We want silver bullets, but it is actually simple solutions consistently applied that lead to extraordinary outcomes. It’s a matter of discipline.

If we’re at the top of the org chart, we assume we have greater freedom to manage and control our worlds.

Yes and no.

We may have greater control, but faithfully stewarding that control means surrendering to the disciplines that will make both our organizations and ourselves better.

This is what Jethro was explaining to Moses. “If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”

If we truly want to lead great teams, we must commit to honesty and discipline in our assessment of a reasonable span of control. Ask the question, “How many people can I realistically, consistently develop?”

If those you directly lead do not have intentional time with you each week, you are missing an enormous opportunity to train, develop, delegate and coach.

So, let me ask you… is what you’re doing not good?

If you’re uncertain of whether you have an appropriate span of control, here are some questions to get you thinking:

  1. Do you meet one-on-one with your direct reports on a regular basis?
  2. Do your employees get your focused attention and best energy?
  3. Are you happy with the level of leadership responsibility your staff is assuming?

If you answered “no” to any of these questions, I would encourage you to consider re-evaluating your organizational structure to determine if you have a manageable number of direct reports.

In order to get the best from people, we must be sure they are getting the best from us.

Leaders who are leading themselves well and developing the best in others lead great organizations.

Why Donate to The Global Leadership Summit?

Posted on November 17, 2017 by - Because of the GLS, Stories

The impact of The Global Leadership Summit is realized because of the generosity of our amazing donors.

Listen as our friends share why they give to the work of The Global Leadership Summit:

Please Pray! Remote, War-torn Village in Guatemala Hosts the GLS for First Time

Posted on November 17, 2017 by - Because of the GLS, Central America, Latin America, Stories, Vision, Wellness

Pastor Luis Pinto in Guatemala creates and leads strategies along with his team for a whole region: Latin America & the Caribbean. He has one purpose—to let people know what The Global Leadership Summit is and how God uses it to change lives, communities, cities and countries through healthy leadership. He leads a Vida Real TV Church site in Guatemala City.

Luis shares what is happening in Nebaj, a first time GLS site in Guatemala:

Nebaj is located in the remote Guatemalan highlands, an area classified by the military as isolated and accessible to the guerrillas during an internal 40+ year war. Many of the villages and communities are identified as “red” and targeted for annihilation.

The aftermath of war, pain, lack of forgiveness and distrust are evident.

But the people are embracing the upcoming GLS with joy and hope.

“I talked with the mayor of Nebaj yesterday,” said Luis. “He has high expectations of the GLS for the first time in this region. We expect 200 to attend—many of them from other communities in the mountains. There will be teachers, community leaders, agricultural business people, pastors and others.

Please pray! We, as the Guatemalan team, are praying people who attend the GLS experience hope, healing in their souls and a better future.