Leaderment

The last two weeks I've been listening to a 26 CD set created by John Maxwell called "Lessons on Leadership". It's been very rich and challenging me.

Can I be honest with you though? It's one thing to understand leadership principles but it's a whole other challenge to know how to apply it. I have poured about 9 hours of leadership teaching into my brain the past two weeks and yet I still feel like the same leader I was two weeks ago.

I blogged last June about leadership and spoke briefly about managing and leading. I mentioned that there is a time for both. Reading it again, I must say it's a really good blog. I asked you if I could be honest, remember?!

I believe the key is to understand leadership principles but then more importantly, know when and how to apply them to your specific situations. For this, I came up with the word, "LEADERMENT". Here's my definition:

Leaderment - the ability to lead others through effective management principles which produces healthy, motivated, and productive teams.