Originally posted January 27, 2014 Is your strategic plan an abandoned after-thought or an energizing engine? A well-executed plan can be the engine that drives your organization forward, creating energy, focus and momentum. But often it can simply become a forgotten after-thought, just collecting dust on a shelf. So how do you turn your plan…
5 Huge Leadership Wins by Just Showing Up
Originally posted December 12, 2013 Woody Allen has famously said, “80% of success in life is just showing up.” Most leaders do a good job of showing up to their office and showing up in meetings. But there’s another huge arena where some leaders quite often fail to make an appearance. It’s an arena where…
The Leader’s Hope, Because of Easter
Originally posted March 29, 2013 “If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.” 1 Corinthians 15:14 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless. And so is: Your leadership development Your vision Your team building Your bold initiative Your upcoming staff retreat Your registration at the Global…
A Leader’s Reflection on Good Friday…
Originally posted April 6, 2012 For many Christ followers, Good Friday is merely the warm-up act to the main event; Easter Sunday. But I believe there is tremendous “soul-filling” value for leaders in focusing on a key moment in the Good Friday narrative. It starts by looking at two critical “walks” that God took with…
Why Effective Leaders are Always Great Step-Takers
Leaders are step-takers. Faced with a challenge, sometimes of overwhelming proportions, the instinct of effective leaders at first might not to be to solve the entire problem; usually it begins with a burning drive to simply take the first-step. For this to happen typically there are three elements than converge, and leaders need to constantly…
