Leadership Blog

Leadership…is it by luck that you are a good leader? 

We will be meeting on Tuesday, March 16th, the day before St. Patrick’s Day! It is often said that you are lucky if you can be a good leader. I would suggest that luck has very little to do with it.  Sure some people may claim to be born leaders; however, if you lead and no one follows are you a leader?

We will be discussing the qualities of great leaders and why and how we should be carrying those traits into our daily lives.  We will define when and where we should be leaders and how to walk through the fear many us often have regarding leadership.

One of the tools we will learn is how to have a Crucial Conversation*.  Patrice McGuire from McGuire Business Partners will walk us through the art and techniques of having a Crucial Conversation as outlined in the book of the same title.

It is not so much luck that creates great leaders, but desire, passion, determination and hard work.  Becoming a great leader is one of the toughest jobs there is. To learn more, join us for our March session.  To reserve a spot call Toni Yates at the Community Chamber 262 251 2430.

* Crucial Conversations; Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillian, Al Switzler

We (LMF Participants) will be gathering on Wednesday February, 17th to once again focus our time and energy on the topic of leadership and what that means.  We will be focusing on three main topics this month.

First, we will have Beth Harwood from Communications at Work coming in to talk about listening…. Yes, you heard it right, listening.  So often we speak about communication and how to effectively get our message across and not enough about how to take in the information.

Secondly, we will be hearing from Kris Wickline of the CUNA Mutual Group.  Kris will be speaking on the effects of generational differences in the work place.  Have you ever wondered why the new guy is always on his cell phone, why some people find time off so important, or what has happened to the work ethic?  Well those are some of the insights we will be gaining from Kris’ experience as the Consumer Program Manager for Generation Y at CUNA Mutual Group.

Finally, or I should say throughout the day, we will be focusing on teamwork.  How do we truly work with other people to achieve a common goal?  What are the areas that you personally have to help the team, and what do you do to pull from the team’s efforts. 

If you would like to join us, please call Toni at the Community Chamber 262-251-2430.