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How to pick a team like Google does

According to Laszlo Bock, the guy at Google in charge of people, here are some things they look for: Cognitive ability – a person with learning ability and who can process information on the fly; these people are innately curious Emergent Leadership – a person who...

How to Stand Out as a Leader

Leadership Blog, Leadership Lessons

When I was with the rest of the Founding Partners of the John Maxwell Team, I knew that parts of the program were to be filmed. I purposely wore a bright red shirt so when the camera panned the crowd I could quickly find myself. It worked; of the 500+ people in the...

5 things you need to get rid of the song in your head

Leadership Blog, Leadership Lessons

Have you at one time or another heard a song played and then that’s all you hear in your head? It keeps coming back like some persistent gnat on a warm summer night. A lot of times it’s that annoying jingle from a commercial, but sometimes it’s something that makes...

Why It’s Time to Eliminate Education from Your Lodge’s Stated Meetings

Leadership Blog, Leadership Lessons

Last year in the Masons Lead Better Workshop “The Masonic Leader’s Trestle Board” we asked the Brothers to express their thoughts on what might constitute a “perfect lodge” and a “perfect lodge meeting.” In the various workshops, lodge education was identified as an...

How to pick a Great Team

Leadership Blog, Leadership Lessons

You’ve been given the opportunity to put together your own team. What kind of people do you want? People with a POSITIVE ATTITUDE. Do they display a positive outlook on life? Psychologists use the term “growth mindset” to describe those whose world view is of a...

How is your life built?

Leadership Blog, Leadership Lessons

I’ve seen this story several places and wish I knew who wrote it. An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended...

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Some Presentations Available for Your Lodge

These presentations are not lectures but “mini-workshops.”

Each is designed to encourage active participation, and your lodge brethren will always leave with something to think about and act upon.

The Leadership of Rebuilding – Nehemiah & the Rebuilding of the Walls of Jerusalem – The story of how a simple civil servant to the King of Persia led the Jewish people to rebuild the temple walls and the leadership lessons that can be learned as we rebuild our lodges.
Building Your Masonic “Why”—By using your personal values, Masonic obligations and rituals, and positive life experiences, you can create a powerful statement that defines you as a better man and a Mason.
How to Develop a Masonic Leader’s Mindset – As you assume a leadership role in your lodge a proper mindset is essential. How to use the tools and lessons of Masonry to build a “masonic lens” to ensure a correct leadership attitude.
Building a Lodge Education Program That Creates Positive Change – How to construct your education program to better educate your candidates, ensure proper planning, provide leadership competency, and build a lodge culture of learning, leadership and positive change.
Knowing How to See – Using the visualization techniques of Leonardo da Vinci we can develop a deeper understanding of Masonry. Learn the seven principles he used.
Leading With Masonic Values – The lessons Masonry teaches us about the leadership attributes of attitude, knowledge, relationships, mentoring, and developing a leadership legacy.
Aspire – Discovering Your Purpose Through the Power of Words -Lessons from the book by Kevin Hall – Learn eleven words that could have a significant and meaningful impact on your life.