I’ve just completed my 19th year in a row reading through the Bible cover to cover. This practice is one that fills my spiritual tank and which provides the fuel that drives my leadership. But like many others, I found it to be a very challenging discipline at first. Simply starting at Genesis and plowing…
One Leadership Blog You’ll Read NOT about Resolutions
There are hundreds of posts readily available today to help you set new leadership targets for 2017. Today, I want to ask you a very different leadership question: “Is my soul in a better place today than it was a year ago?” For 365 days you’ve been doing the hard work of leadership. You’ve been:…
Should a Leader be Realistic, Optimistic, Idealistic or Pessimistic?
As a leader are you supposed to be an optimist, a pessimist, an idealist, or a realist? The answer is “yes”. The key is knowing when to be which. This is not about being inauthentic. The reality is, in some circumstances a leader must be a grim-faced pessimist, while in others it requires being a…
‘That’s What Christmas is All About Charlie Brown’…Take 2
In the classic scene from A Charlie Brown Christmas, Linus takes center stage and delivers a most eloquent defense of the true meaning of Christmas. Reciting from Luke’s gospel, chapter 2, verses 8 to 14, Linus reminds the Peanuts gang, and all of us, what Christmas is all about. “And there were in the same country shepherds…
3 Indicators You Need to Recharge Your Leadership Battery This Christmas
When your leadership battery is fully charged, everyone around you wins. The leader sets the emotional and cultural tone for the team. And so when the leader’s personal energy is running strong the entire culture benefits. Teams are more cohesive Tough decisions are made with confidence Tensions on the team are resolved in a healthy…
