Category: Leadership Skills

Last year, I chose “Patience” as my Fruit of the Spirit focus for the year. So, when I ran across the book The Resiliency Advantage in our HR Development Office’s library, I picked it up.

Now, a year later, I’m dusting off the notes I took and sharing them with you.

There really is an advantage to being resilient as a leader. Highly resilient people are flexible, adapt to new circumstances quickly, and thrive in constant change. Most importantly, they expect to bounce back and feel confident they will.

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In August 2014, I attended the John Maxwell Team Certification Program in Orlando, Florida. During the event, Maxwell personally signed a copy of his latest release Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership.

His premise for the book is that if you want to be successful and reach your leadership potential, you need to embrace asking questions as a lifestyle.

That’s consistent with one of my leadership tips: “Ask Questions…Don’t Give Answers.” For my team members, I want to know what they would do. What do they think? I don’t want to know what they think the Director of the Johnson Space Center or their Supervisor would do. I could easily ask those individuals directly.  Instead, I want their opinion and perspective.

Over the years, I’ve found if I approach leadership with more questions than answers, it spurs on more creativity and innovation from the team. In fact, as a leader, I try to anticipate the questions my boss will ask and address those before they’re asked.

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