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David Bullard's Blog – May 2017 Archive (1)

Teaching Your Thoroughbred

As leaders, we must understand how to give power away and to reign it in, within boundaries. Leaders who mentor those under them must relate this to the way that a race horse is trained. We hire employees and recruit volunteers who are essentially thoroughbreds. Strong, energetic, and have an enthusiasm for “running.” If were to buy a race horse, then you certainly wouldn’t be afraid to let it run. Yet, as leaders we sometimes don’t recognize the fact that our thoroughbreds need to…

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Added by David Bullard on May 27, 2017 at 8:59am — No Comments

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