The Simple Truths of Service....check it out -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neW6NZyucZw
Monday, May 25, 2009
Following Well: Peter....and not so well
The largest part of my study the past 4 months has been on Peter; the New Testament book and the man who wrote it.
Peter is a great example of someone that's willing to do his calling poorly until he learned to do it well. Originally a follower of John the Baptist, his brother Andrew led him to Jesus where he both embarrassed and distinguished his role.
Peter followed well because he was not detered by set backs (like denying Christ), but collected himself and continued to strive for the vision. He reached for the prize.
To that end.....
Friday, May 22, 2009
Competitive Advantage Nots?
What is not a competitive advantage?
1. your competitors lack of performance
2. stories about your competitor
3. trying to make your competitor look bad
4. comparing yourself to your competitor
Except on a rare occasion you should not even mention your competitor. Yes, you need to know how you are in comparison to your competition, but please...don't use that as a selling point. Don't try to tell someone on how good you are by telling them how bad the competition is.
Tell YOUR story - Tell YOUR competitive advantage.
Every time you mention your competition, you loose.
What are your COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES? Do you know? Are they written down? Do you talk about them?
To that end.....
1. your competitors lack of performance
2. stories about your competitor
3. trying to make your competitor look bad
4. comparing yourself to your competitor
Except on a rare occasion you should not even mention your competitor. Yes, you need to know how you are in comparison to your competition, but please...don't use that as a selling point. Don't try to tell someone on how good you are by telling them how bad the competition is.
Tell YOUR story - Tell YOUR competitive advantage.
Every time you mention your competition, you loose.
What are your COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES? Do you know? Are they written down? Do you talk about them?
To that end.....
Monday, May 18, 2009
The Courage to Follow
I've written and talked over the past three years about leaders leading leaders. The church community I'm a part of, Austin Ridge Bible, has grown well over the past 4-5 years and our senior paster, Brad Thomas, mentioned yesterday that it is in part because the members follow well.
That's an example of leaders leading leaders and doing it well. A good leader follows well. Not blindly, but purposefully, and with integrity.
Along those lines, I ran across the following post on LinkedIn recently. It was the title that struck me: The Courage to Follow....
That's an example of leaders leading leaders and doing it well. A good leader follows well. Not blindly, but purposefully, and with integrity.
Along those lines, I ran across the following post on LinkedIn recently. It was the title that struck me: The Courage to Follow....
http://linked2leadership.com/2009/05/01/the-courage-to-follow/
Follow well.
Friday, May 1, 2009
What does the box look like?
The box, if we're talking about Alethes, and I am, is incredibly smaller today than a year ago. Ha - it's incredibly smaller than it was three months ago.
Today, the box has eight corporate employees comprised mainly of accountanting and administrative types. We are closing down our mortgage banking facilities and are going back to being a pure broker.
We are consentrating on being the best-the-business at paying loan officers rapidly and letting them broker out their business. The box is well defined on the first part of that concentration but not so well on the second.
Brokering loans has become a subject of concern over the past few months and some believe it will become a thing of the past in the next few months. I am one that differs considerably on that opinion. I emphasize opininion because I they, opinions, don't make good strategies. Exeriences are much easier to sink your leadership teath in to.
Experience shows me there are ways to manage the controlls on our mortgage brokering business.
Experience shows me that loan officers want choices.
Experience shows me that we need good loan officers, working with good processors, on good loans.
Experience tells me that the leadership at Alethes needs to step up and pay attention.
We truly need to be a company of Leaders Leading Leaders - Well.
To that end!
Today, the box has eight corporate employees comprised mainly of accountanting and administrative types. We are closing down our mortgage banking facilities and are going back to being a pure broker.
We are consentrating on being the best-the-business at paying loan officers rapidly and letting them broker out their business. The box is well defined on the first part of that concentration but not so well on the second.
Brokering loans has become a subject of concern over the past few months and some believe it will become a thing of the past in the next few months. I am one that differs considerably on that opinion. I emphasize opininion because I they, opinions, don't make good strategies. Exeriences are much easier to sink your leadership teath in to.
Experience shows me there are ways to manage the controlls on our mortgage brokering business.
Experience shows me that loan officers want choices.
Experience shows me that we need good loan officers, working with good processors, on good loans.
Experience tells me that the leadership at Alethes needs to step up and pay attention.
We truly need to be a company of Leaders Leading Leaders - Well.
To that end!
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