Category: Parentship

Tribes need leadership.  Sometimes one person leads, sometimes more.  People want connection and growth and something new.   I am a big fan of Seth Godin and I am a big fan of short to the point books.  So his book Tribes was right up my ally.  To the point but with a big impact.  Godin uses the line above to talk about leadership and how there are “tribes” or groups of people that need leadership. There is a need for leadership in our families.  As we have discussed before we are all in a leadership role as parents.  Our family needs leadership!  I believe that our families need a leader more than they need us to be their friend or Read more…

If you have read some of our previous posts you know that I am a big fan of questions. I believe it is our questions that determine our reality so it is of the greatest importance that we are asking the right ones. Great leaders ask great questions because they know that the questions we ask lead to great conversations that bring about growth and change. These conversations can be with others in our family or internal conversations that lead to steps to becoming a better leader and person. Here are three great questions to ask about your parentship (Parent Leadership) and your family. How can we do this better?   Think of all the different activities you have going Read more…

     One of the best classes I have ever been a part of was on the topic of motivation.  It really opened up a whole new world of thinking for me.  As we dove into the different aspects of what makes people do the things they do I realized that one of the most important things a leader can do for their team is help motivate them.      Motivation is everything in life.  Show me a person who is good at what they do in any aspect of life and I will show you a reason they are motivated to be great.  Great family organizations are the same.  As human beings the greatest gift we have and that Read more…