As leaders, doing what’s “most needed or important,” and serving others and the greater good, often requires doing the hard things in life, whether it’s confronting somebody or holding them accountable for their actions.
Adrian Pei
Looking around at the most relevant and cutting edge ideas about leadership today, I’m guessing these two ‒ patience and pain ‒ probably wouldn’t make the list..
Adrian Pei
When a leader admits his or her weaknesses in front of an audience, I think to myself: “That’s great that you see that and can articulate it so well. But how will you follow that up? What kinds of steps will you take over the next few months and years in response to what you just shared with everyone? Are you sharing because you want admiration – or accountability?”
Adrian Pei
Don’t be discouraged if you wrestle with yourself in leadership … it’s normal, and it can help others truly know you.
Adrian Pei
When are we truly loving people, and when are we just getting “sucked dry?”
Adrian Pei
How do we respond when our leaders fail or disappoint us?
Adrian Pei
Conformity is doing the minimum, the easiest thing … which is usually to see and react to our immediate surroundings and behave like everybody else – whether on e-mail, social media, or at a social gathering. Leadership is about seeing and noticing more.
Adrian Pei
Many of the leaders I’ve known aren’t too quick to speak, despite their many years of life. They have a quiet confidence about them and an inner security in who they are. They look at the people and world around them with curiosity and they listen more than they talk.
Adrian Pei
Four questions I love to ask, and three unexpected benefits that come with them.
Adrian Pei
Every dialogue can be either a competition, or a bond of connection with another person.
Adrian Pei
Even if we make a mistake, it’s almost never too late to “try again.”
Adrian Pei
Many people aren’t looking for a rational explanation from their leaders, but for a relational connection.
Adrian Pei
What I’ve learned is that there are two modes we get into as leaders ‒ closed and open. I wouldn’t let anything or anybody get in so everything stayed the same.
Adrian Pei
Leading in weakness does not mean passivity, and it’s not just for times of crisis or exhaustion.
Adrian Pei
No matter how big our church or ministry is, no matter how much we are respected, we are never “above” God’s words that remind us that “the first shall be last” and that “those who exalt themselves will be humbled.” If anybody was deserving, it was Jesus, but He chose humility, sacrifice and death for those He loved. May our ambition not be to serve ourselves but to give our lives in service to others. May our legacy be measured not as much in what we have accomplished as in how much we have loved. That’s my prayer.
Adrian Pei
What can we learn about leadership from the United Airlines fiasco in 2017?
Adrian Pei
Here’s my hypothesis: the more we talk, the less we notice. What do you think?
Adrian Pei
I like to think and write about leadership a lot – I love that there are so many ways to look at it. My passion is to make unique connections between these insights, and raise important questions for leaders to consider.
Adrian Pei
Is it time for us to go beyond “East vs. West” leadership charts?
Adrian Pei
Why I’m most grateful for the worst examples of leadership.
Adrian Pei
