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Month: July 2014
Discipling Leaders for Leadership.
Discipling Leaders for Leadership.
Written by Jack Arnold
Moses was one of the greatest leaders of all time, yet had many followers, but didn’t make many leaders. Sure he had two, Joshua and Caleb, and seventy down the line, but from several million people that’s very minuet. That list goes on with the same effect, Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin, Reagan, even Pres. Obama; they all lead , but not one made many followers. This keeps Moses still at the top of the list for now. Don’t run just yet…
On the other hand, Jesus made many leaders he called them disciples, and they went and made more and so on. A disciple is one who is called to learn everything the leader teaches, so that one day they too will lead the next generation. The same should be in business. BUT, most of the time everyone is so worried about losing their job to someone else for one reason or another, that good discipleship or training from a leader is hard to find.
The manager (leader) is the go-to person when you’re on the manufacturing floor. When you get to him/her, they are having problems of their own. Maybe you get, “Come back later”, or “Not right now, can’t you see I’m busy?” Maybe the leader is in the ‘can’t lose my job to this guy’ syndrome.
Is the situation an on going thing or happenstance (temporary dilemma)? If temporary then don’t worry about a thing, just shrug it off while they get themselves back on track. BUT, if it’s on-going, you my friend have yourself a problem in your management team. What can we do about something like this? Do we just write it off or do we deal with it head-on! This must be dealt with, and the sooner the better. And the place to start is with self!
We have to take on the responsibility of servant-leadership and pass it down thru the ranks. No one can do that better than you, the head. Your actions speak much louder than your words; the ‘do what I say, not as I do’ thing doesn’t work; it didn’t work with you, and it won’t work on others.
The leader you are, are the leaders you’ll make. Over time, what you have programed within you, you will ultimately disciple or nurture in others over time, whether good or bad.So how do you make good leaders or disciples of your followers or employees?
Be the leader you want them to be! You want them to be on-time, you must be on-time. They need to cordial to your customers, be cordial to them. They need to put their best efforts in, so should you. It’s a very simply-hard thing to do. Meaning that it takes thought and effort to work it thru, especially at first, As you grow into it, it does become second nature and much easier as time goes on.
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Sphere-logic verses Box-logic
Sphere-logic verses Box-logic.
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Sphere-logic verses Box-logic
Sphere-logic verses Box-logic
By Lars Ray, C.C., M.C.C.
Additions by Jack Arnold, Sr. Consultant
W ith all the lists that come out at the year’s end, and thru-out, those that identify the most overused business clichés and buzz words are my favorites to read. On my own list of most hated phrases is to “think outside the box”.
T hinking outside the box is a metaphor that means to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective. This phrase often refers to novel or creative thinking, and looking beyond the obvious.
A n example of this is Taco Bell and their successful marketing campaign “Think Outside the Bun”. It simply applied the metaphor to think beyond the hamburger and try something different, implying their product as a solution.
I call this Box-logic, and while it is a useful tool and metaphor, it is an overused cliché that is uninspiring and incomplete in solving problems. In its day, facing a problem involved three separate steps; 1. find a solution, 2. take action, and 3. deliver the results. Thinking outside the box only addressed the first step – finding a solution, and is only third of the equation. Today unfortunately, the cliché presumes an action will be taken which then leads to the desired result. The metaphor is but one piece and does not consider the whole problem, nor was it ever intended too.
T o be truly successful in today’s work environments, merely confronting problems is not enough. We must solve them and deliver the results in real time. Innovative thinking with immediate action is required to achieve the results. Developing solutions to problems today needs to be a seamless event, and can be stated as the following equation:
Problem: Innovative thinking + Action + Results = Solution.
I n working with The Arnold Group, we looked for a way to view problems in a three-dimensional way. We needed multiple perspectives not just to the problem, but to the actions, the results, and the solution as well. Using a baseball as our metaphor, we see each element of it is attached by an endless seam. If we think of each element of the baseball as innovative thinking, action, and results all sown together as a sphere, then the baseball itself is the solution to the problem. We call this Sphere-logic.
S phere-logic works with the whole equation in mind. Like the baseball, one element ends where the next one begins. The principle of Sphere-logic is to move effortlessly from innovative thinking to results to deliver the solution with the least amount of resistance, like a ball bearing.
I ronically, Sphere-logic came about by out of the box thinking to find a better approach to how problems are faced and resolved today. As business evolves, 
so must the tools that help us be successful at what we do. While Box-logic will help us look beyond the obvious, Sphere-logic will help us deliver the solution.
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