Author Archives: Coach Mapes

Focus on the opportunity

Peter Drucker was an educator and management philosophy guru that arguably was the greatest contributor to new thinking about business management in the 20th century. One principle he [..]

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Listen to yourself

A simple premise is that God created us in His image.  He said it and I’m reminding you and me that it is true.  That means His characteristics [..]

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Being a Leader when it’s Inconvenient

There is nothing quite like wanting a few minutes or hours for just yourself when all of a sudden a situation arises that calls out for your attention.  All [..]

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Solving the problem and creating a new problem

This life and organizational issue rears its ugly head every year, or month, or week in my forty year experiece as an executive and father. When problems are [..]

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elements of leadership- part 1-Casting Vision

One of the qualities that effective leaders process is the ability to communicate their vision for the organization.  In order for subordinates to understand how they fit into [..]

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Expectations

I watched the Missouri-Oklahoma football game on Dec 1st. Other than the obvious high level of play from both teams, the thing that struck me most was the [..]

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