Why Inclusive Leadership is Successful Leadership (and How to Achieve It)

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This month, we have taken a deep dive into the topic of leadership in my weekly articles. I hope you have enjoyed exploring this subject, from the importance of servant leadership, to leadership pitfalls, to lessons in leading we have learned from the moms in our lives. Today, I’d like to round out this series…

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The Tremendous Value of Retaining Great Employees

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If anyone works for you or reports to you in your business, your most important job right now is making sure fantastic employees know they are valued. Does that surprise you to hear that it’s your most important job right now? Just two years ago, America was at the peak of a period economists coined…

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Five Leadership Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

Earlier this month, I discussed the tremendous impact we can all have as servant leaders in our communities. There is truly no better example we can set or follow than that of a committed servant leader. But today, I want to talk about the other side of the leadership coin—the pitfalls we can fall into…

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The Powerful Impact of Servant Leadership

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It’s my intention to approach everything in my life as a servant. Whether I’m serving my clients, my team, community organizations, or friends and family, I put great stock in serving because I believe our ability and duty to serve others is one of the reasons we are here on earth. So when it comes…

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Adopt a Champion’s Mentality and Achieve Greatness in Your Field

It’s no secret that I love college basketball, and the Women’s NCAA Tournament is one of my favorite times of the year. March Madness always reminds me of the special year my 1976 Berry College women’s basketball team won a National Championship. The picture at the right is of the team, including our inspiring Coach…

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