Category: Parentship

Being a parent is the purest form of leadership.  This applies to servant leadership as well. Servant leadership is when you look to serve the people you lead in any way possible.  This does not mean that you wait on them hand and foot. It means that you look to serve your people in ways to make them better. This is why the most important question you can ask as a parent leader is all about them and puts you in a position to serve.  This important question is “How can I help?”  These might be the four most important words we can use with those we love.  Our job a servant leaders in our family is to bet there Read more…

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…