Here is a new 5 for Leadership. This week there are posts on vocation, poverty, leadership roadblocks, leadership bias, and preventing ethical failures. Take a few minutes and share the learning.
Understanding and Preventing Ethical Leadership Failures “Ethical leadership failures can be caused by different types of problems that may compound. Some of these problems are individual and others may be embedded in the organizational culture.” Linda Fisher Thornton does a good job at highlighting individual factors, corporate factors, and compounding factors towards ethical failure. She also provides some links to other helpful posts on this topic. Worth the read.
3 Ways To Avoid Leadership Roadblocks “As a leader are you at a point where you need to make a change because you feel stuck? Do you feel like you are just spinning your wheels and not making the progress you want?” Beth Miller walks through some very practical steps to help anyone assess their current setting and better determine if it is time to make a change.
Take The Bias Out Of Strategy Decisions This comes from the HBR Blog. “Good leaders don’t let their emotional bonds cloud their judgment. Sound strategy requires objectivity. What can executives do to remain objective, when it comes to strategic choices: what businesses to enter, what to focus on and invest in, when to pull the plug and abandon a previous course of action?” There is some great advice here on remaining objective in making key decisions.
Toward An Old Meaning of Vocation This comes from Bethany Jenkins in the Gospel Coalition Blog. “Instead of thinking narrowly about our vocation as career or title or role, we should think more comprehensively, as “a steady and unique arterial pulse that gives shape to all different kinds of encounters.” It also contains an 18 minute video that is quite good for a more grounded perspective.
9 Things You Should Know About Poverty in America This is a part of Joe Carter’s “9Things You Should Know . . . ” series. He always highlights some interesting cultural facts that might help shape your leadership thinking. This particular topic is one that all spiritual leaders should stop and consider.
There are the 5 for this week. I hope you find something that enlivens your leadership.
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