A person that intends to lead well recognizes that he/she must be a leader leading leader. LeadingWell is about the desire of developing other leaders.
Author, mentor, and internationaly recognized speaker John Maxwell describes a Leader as "anyone who influences; period-the-end." Dr. Charles Swindoll is reported to have said, "give me one word to describe leadership and I say 'influence,' give me two and I say 'inspiring influence.'"
LeadingWell disciplines recognizes the disciplines of a Leader Leading Leader as one who strives themselves and equips others to be;
1. Purposeful - you approach others to purposefully add value to the relationship;
2. Relational - you are warm and inviting and work at relationships;
3. Objective -you assess strengths and weaknesses objectively;
4. Vulnerable - you model self-disclosure and honesty;
5. Incarnational- you live out what you teach;
6. Dependable; you are consistent and responsible with your actions and promises;
7. Empowering - you give power away and facilitate growth in others;
8. Resourceful - you use every tool you have to grow people and improve processes.
There are many parts to an organization's culture and these P.R.O.V.I.D.E.R. disciplines are something we can daily use to assist us in the fulfillment of our Vision, Mission, and Value Statements.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Back on my Inside the Box Soapbox
John Miller's idea of thinking inside the box success continues to resonate so much with me. As I've said in other blog posts, the best success is when we work inside the box we have and stop looking for greener grass.
Expand the box? Sure.
Get better in the box? Absolutely.
I look at Alethes today, versus where it was a year ago and there very obvious changes. Yet, there are other changes that are not so obvious. And it is those changes that matter the most. These changes have found the soul of Alethes; the strenghth, the patience, and the resolve.
These changes have brought about some gut wrenching results, yet, we've survived.
Alethes is not a stronger company financially today than it was a year ago. But Alethes is a stronger company spiritually. Alethes' management is wiser and more prepared for continued changes, good or bad, that will come our way.
Alethes' mission is, in part, to glorify God and that is not just in the good times, but during the not so good times also. We intend to get better at our business principles, our investing in our people, and how we impact the communities we serve. We intend to continue to learn how to live out our values of being Trustworthy, Respectful, Uncompromising, Teamworkers, and Healthy.
We intend to make a difference and make a profit and help others do the same.
To that end....
Danny
Expand the box? Sure.
Get better in the box? Absolutely.
I look at Alethes today, versus where it was a year ago and there very obvious changes. Yet, there are other changes that are not so obvious. And it is those changes that matter the most. These changes have found the soul of Alethes; the strenghth, the patience, and the resolve.
These changes have brought about some gut wrenching results, yet, we've survived.
Alethes is not a stronger company financially today than it was a year ago. But Alethes is a stronger company spiritually. Alethes' management is wiser and more prepared for continued changes, good or bad, that will come our way.
Alethes' mission is, in part, to glorify God and that is not just in the good times, but during the not so good times also. We intend to get better at our business principles, our investing in our people, and how we impact the communities we serve. We intend to continue to learn how to live out our values of being Trustworthy, Respectful, Uncompromising, Teamworkers, and Healthy.
We intend to make a difference and make a profit and help others do the same.
To that end....
Danny
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Just Plain Do A Good Job
As I move into a new era of Alethes and think about the past; mistakes, successes, record high months, record low months, people hired, fired, layed-off, run off - it is apparent to me that we did best when we just did what we did well.
And with people that wanted to just plain do a good job. People with agendas that matched the company's mission and values.
Not people who had their own agendas and motives. People you could trust to just plain do a good job.
Not people who come to work everyday because they were going to make a bunch of money, but because they want to do a good job.
I can talk about being good leaders, what our mission statement means, how to live out values, etc, etc, etc, until I'm blue in the face and with worn knees. But if those I'm talking it to just want the money, just want to get in and get out.....waste of time.
And, for the most part, if the people I'm talking to are the right people, I don't have to do much of that other anyway.
To that end....
Danny
And with people that wanted to just plain do a good job. People with agendas that matched the company's mission and values.
Not people who had their own agendas and motives. People you could trust to just plain do a good job.
Not people who come to work everyday because they were going to make a bunch of money, but because they want to do a good job.
I can talk about being good leaders, what our mission statement means, how to live out values, etc, etc, etc, until I'm blue in the face and with worn knees. But if those I'm talking it to just want the money, just want to get in and get out.....waste of time.
And, for the most part, if the people I'm talking to are the right people, I don't have to do much of that other anyway.
To that end....
Danny
Friday, April 10, 2009
Head-Down, Chin-Up
Update, 4/10/2009: This blog is taking on a new format, I'm just not sure exactly what is as yet. Let's say though that it is "maturing." I'm considering a change in the name also; TableTalk, or To That End....
Or, Thinking.....Inside the Box.Things change, though my mission remains the same, my values are unchanged, but my vision is a bit impaired at the moment.
That'll clear up in time. For now, Head Down-Chin Up!
Or, Thinking.....Inside the Box.Things change, though my mission remains the same, my values are unchanged, but my vision is a bit impaired at the moment.
That'll clear up in time. For now, Head Down-Chin Up!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Inside the Box, Outside the Box? What's up with either?
This has brought up some interesting conversations and some people have been surprised that I think of myself as an inside the box kind of guy! LOL, I've even been accused of trying to create an "out-of-the-box" type culture.
Case-in-point: Alethes and how we pay our loan officers - quick, fast, and everyday. Literally, we do a W-2 payroll daily. That is nothing but "out-of-the-box." Right?
Not true. It is as purely in-the-box. Creative, but IN-THE-BOX. There was a need - loan officers wanted to be paid fast - we could fill it. In the early days, that was easy - loan would fund, we would get a call, Paul would go pick up the check, and cut the LO a check; 1099 type compensation, nothing about bills being paid - real simple.
Today, it is a bit more complicated; W-2 wages, bills paid for proceeds, splits with managers, copy of file, uploaded and QC checks, etc, etc, etc.
But still, it was and is inside-the-box thinking; what's the need, can we fill it? Can we improve on it?
And outside-the-box? What's up with that? I love the idea, but it lives out too much as wishful thinking and leads to volatility. It reminds me of a horse my Dad had named Paco. That horse was never satisfied with anything on his side of fence. He had to have the grass on the other side and constantly got cut-up in the barbed-wire getting to it.
Our culture is about finding needs that we can fill and filling them to the best of our ability. As those abilities improve and/or deteriorate, we evalutate and correct to the best of our abilities.
Dream, but don't live in a wishing world. My Dad use tell me to wish in one hand and fill the other with sand and see which one filled up the quickest. Let's be creatively inside-the-box successful.
Head down, chin up.
Danny
Case-in-point: Alethes and how we pay our loan officers - quick, fast, and everyday. Literally, we do a W-2 payroll daily. That is nothing but "out-of-the-box." Right?
Not true. It is as purely in-the-box. Creative, but IN-THE-BOX. There was a need - loan officers wanted to be paid fast - we could fill it. In the early days, that was easy - loan would fund, we would get a call, Paul would go pick up the check, and cut the LO a check; 1099 type compensation, nothing about bills being paid - real simple.
Today, it is a bit more complicated; W-2 wages, bills paid for proceeds, splits with managers, copy of file, uploaded and QC checks, etc, etc, etc.
But still, it was and is inside-the-box thinking; what's the need, can we fill it? Can we improve on it?
And outside-the-box? What's up with that? I love the idea, but it lives out too much as wishful thinking and leads to volatility. It reminds me of a horse my Dad had named Paco. That horse was never satisfied with anything on his side of fence. He had to have the grass on the other side and constantly got cut-up in the barbed-wire getting to it.
Our culture is about finding needs that we can fill and filling them to the best of our ability. As those abilities improve and/or deteriorate, we evalutate and correct to the best of our abilities.
Dream, but don't live in a wishing world. My Dad use tell me to wish in one hand and fill the other with sand and see which one filled up the quickest. Let's be creatively inside-the-box successful.
Head down, chin up.
Danny
Thursday, April 2, 2009
More thinking....Inside the Box
Most of us have some sort of goals, aspirations, missions, values, etc. Yet, we want things to be just right, if not perfect, before we concentrate on achieving them.
When things get tough, we start wishing they'd be better and that wishing comes across as whining.
In the books QBQ and Flipping the Switch, Miller teaches the reader to learn to ask What and How questions; What can I do to make money with what I have? How can I succeed without spending money marketing myself? What does this company have that can help me succeed? What makes me think the grass is greener elsewhere?
Thinking outside the box has been a big thing over the past few years. It was probably 10 or 11 years ago that a former colleague gave me one of those little contraptions that sets on your desk; it was a stick figure of a guy setting outside a box with the caption - Think Outside the Box.
I realize that he gave that to me because I seemed to be a "think outside the box kind of guy." But, I'm not. I can dream with the best, but I like to work with what I have and improve on it. There's not much I've ever done that wasn't a continuation of something else.
And when I've stumbled? I pick myself up, brush myself off, and get going again. And I pray I learn from that previous stumble.
Learn? That means to change. Learning without changing is some kind of useless head knowledge.
Work well, Pray well, and succeeding where we are - in the box, improving on what we have, but not looking for something greener.
To that end.....
Danny
When things get tough, we start wishing they'd be better and that wishing comes across as whining.
In the books QBQ and Flipping the Switch, Miller teaches the reader to learn to ask What and How questions; What can I do to make money with what I have? How can I succeed without spending money marketing myself? What does this company have that can help me succeed? What makes me think the grass is greener elsewhere?
Thinking outside the box has been a big thing over the past few years. It was probably 10 or 11 years ago that a former colleague gave me one of those little contraptions that sets on your desk; it was a stick figure of a guy setting outside a box with the caption - Think Outside the Box.
I realize that he gave that to me because I seemed to be a "think outside the box kind of guy." But, I'm not. I can dream with the best, but I like to work with what I have and improve on it. There's not much I've ever done that wasn't a continuation of something else.
And when I've stumbled? I pick myself up, brush myself off, and get going again. And I pray I learn from that previous stumble.
Learn? That means to change. Learning without changing is some kind of useless head knowledge.
Work well, Pray well, and succeeding where we are - in the box, improving on what we have, but not looking for something greener.
To that end.....
Danny
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