Should You Grieve as a Leader? Grief is a natural response to death or loss. I perceive the grieving process as an opportunity to appropriately mourn a loss and then heal. The process is helped when you acknowledge grief, find support, and allow time for grief to work. We do not only experience grief on […]

Courageous Leadership In my previous article, I wrote about character in leadership. Today, I will add onto that statement and say that true leadership requires courageous character. Have you ever found yourself in a situation where everything is going completely wrong! The reason for everything going wrong is YOU. You overlooked, forgot or omitted to […]

Character in Leadership “What you do in secret will always show up in public” The question of leadership and character assumes that leadership is a role because it is roles that imply responsibilities. Roles like father, mother, teacher, lighthouse keeper, captain, etc all have certain responsibilities. But if leadership isn’t a role but an act […]

The Best Dreams Happen When We Are Awake We have heard it said time and time again that the graveyard is the richest place on earth. How we live today will determine if we will contribute to the wealth lying in the cemetery or not. It is no surprise that we will all end up […]

Vulnerability in Leadership As she spoke, her words cut like a knife. “I am tired of you people of “you people” saying that you see this and that in me. That you see great potential in me. That I need to course-correct certain things in my life and take responsibility. That I am lying to […]

Loneliness in Leadership I have been out of the country for about a month and recently returned. As I went about the business that took me there, I decided to take a hard look at the society I was in and the way people live. I took a personal assessment of the degree of happiness, […]

Intentionally Connecting To be a leader, you must have followers. Right? People will follow us for different reasons. Might be coercion or providing an incentive. True leadership, however, is when people follow you voluntarily because they believe in you and buy into your vision. Times and seasons change but over the years there have been […]

What Happened to Vision? I’ve heard some people say vision is an over-used term and others say the concept is outdated. I’ve noticed a general lack of interest on the part of leaders at all levels. They might give it lip-service, but the basic message is. “Ok, now let’s get back to business.” slide… The […]

Transforming Leaders from the Inside Out We are living in times when many of us have received tertiary education. I see people everywhere pursuing their Undergraduate and Masters degrees. More than ever, the number of persons pursuing their PhD is on the rise. Additionally, the number of professionals roaming this city cannot be overlooked, yet […]

Living the Life No One Else Is Happy New Year! I began 2018 not knowing how but I was clear about the what. My strategy was simple – knock on as many doors as I can and speak to as many people as can give me their ear. I was afraid but I was not about […]