You’re the leader. You want your team to succeed, but you’re unsure which leadership style will serve you best for developing people in the workplace. Does …
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A 2500-Year-Old Lesson in How to Address Conflict
What can leaders learn from an ancient story? History tells us Israel was conquered by the Babylonians in 586 BC. The city of Jerusalem was burned to the …
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Start with Rest: How to Avoid Burnout in 2021
2020 may have taken us by surprise, but the pandemic hasn’t stopped most people from taking part in that annual tradition of hope: setting New Year’s …
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Giving Differently
Christmas is the hap-happiest season of all. Well, it is usually. But this year, thanks to the global pandemic, tidings of comfort and joy seem to be in …
The Right Hiring Process
Hiring the right people is important. In our current environment, it could be argued that it’s never been more important. Yet for how important it is, I find …
The Development Pipeline
Effective leadership cultures are produced intentionally, evidenced by a “pipeline” method for creating and developing leaders. There are four stages, or …
The Focus of Leadership
In November of 2019, I spoke to a gathering of business leaders on the topic of The Four Essentials of Business. This is the fourth blog post that I’ve …
Leading in a Crisis
Since our world and our lives stopped being normal due to the coronavirus, my mind has regularly been going to a story about leadership from ancient times. For …
What Culture Is And Is Not!
Last month, I began a four-part series on The Four Essentials of Business. This series is based on a talk I gave by the same name. Last month, I wrote about …
Time to Reflect
“It’s not the experience that brings transformation, it’s our reflection upon our experience.” - Jan Johnson Well, it’s the first week back after the …