by Joseph Lalonde
I had the privilege of taking several members of my school’s leadership team to the U.S. National Whitewater Center about a month ago. After exhausting ourselves by embarking on adventures such as high-ropes courses, canyon-crossing zip-lines, and category 4...
by Joseph Lalonde
It happened again a few weeks ago. A Christian leader I follow on Twitter and whom I respect a lot, tweeted something quite unfriendly that was obviously meant as a direct message. He deleted it about a minute later, but the damage had been done already, at least with...
by Joseph Lalonde
“He’s a born leader.” That description sounds great—until someone tries to dump the title on your own shoulders. Leader? Who me? Recently our small bible study group diverged from reading God’s Book and read The Servant Leader, by The One-Minute Manager author, Ken...
by Joseph Lalonde
Leadership is a funny thing. We all want to be leaders, and yet so few of us ever achieve that role to any effectiveness. However, the truth is that, while some people are born natural leaders, anyone can develop leadership qualities. In the business realm, where...
by Joseph Lalonde
When Tom, the president of a small bank discovered that his work style is strongly analytical (and not outwardly concerned with “people” issues, he became concerned that he wasn’t doing enough to relate to the employees of his bank. “I started as a teller. I was good...
by Joseph Lalonde
“Don’t play favorites; treat the little and the big alike; listen carefully to each. Don’t be impressed by big names.” Deuteronomy 1:17 (The Message Translation) At a state Society of Human Resource Management conference I was struck by the question a presenter...
