To serve as an organizational leader is as much a calling as it is a vocation. I sometimes think that if professional counseling requires specific degrees and licenses to protect people from the effects of bad advice or illegitimate process, then the same rules should apply to managerial leadership. Learning how to engage others properly is a professional management skill. I hope you resonate with today’s principle…

Engage. Most people don’t like conflict, but there are times when an organizational leader must engage those around him to cultivate desired results.