Articles of Faith: Love in Leadership

Love is the most difficult word to define in the English language.  Mostly because it has almost as many different meanings as there are people who use the word.   From saying, “I love the Colts” to “God is Love”; there are many different levels of meaning for this word.  When focusing on love in Leadership, the word can [...]

Articles of Faith: Leading through Challenges

—————————————————————————– This post is part of our Sunday Series titled “Articles of Faith.” We investigate leadership lessons from the Bible. See the whole series here. Published only on Sundays. —————————————————————————– We all face challenges on our path to achieving our goals.  But what do we do when we face challenges from specific people? Do we run [...]

On Leadership and Memorial Day

In America, we take a long weekend each late spring to celebrate Memorial Day. It is a time of somber reflection combined with family cookouts and a break from routine to celebrate and remember the fallen heroes of wars defending freedom and liberty. Memorial Day is filled with parades, remembrances, and fond family times. For those who [...]

Blankity-Blank-Blank Nerves!!

Nerves! Those blankity-blank-blank nerves! Yes, you heard me.  Nerves.  Those darn nerves!  Always around, never a dull moment: “nerves” have gotten the best of us and promoted the worst of us.  Leadership isn’t leadership without nerves, is it. I have a close relationship with nerves.  My nerves, other people’s nerves, high nerves, low nerves… the [...]

Check-the-Box Leadership

Does your leadership style sometimes end up blurting out on you? blurt (blûrt) tr.v. blurt·ed, blurt·ing, blurts To utter suddenly and impulsively Check The Box ~ You went to the courses. ~ You learned about yourself and others. ~ You even brought it back to the team and taught a lunch-and-learn. Voila. All done. Check the box. [...]

The Exceptional Strength of Followership

This month marks a remarkable time in all of our lives. It doesn’t matter where you live, how you were raised, or which side of any current news-story you are on, these are remarkable times! It seems that we have opened this decade with a torrent of “worst-that-could-happen” news.  In fact, the USA political, social, and economic [...]

Servant Leadership – Greetings from the Front Desk!

Over the years, I have learned never to assume that a person is what their professional title reflects. What has been most fascinating, I must say, has been the experience of learning from those in the business world who are typically characterized as a…shall I say…”second class citizens.” Although they may seem to be as “functional” necessities, many [...]

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