“The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.” Lyndon B. Johnson Whatever your leadership role, there will always be an element of impossibility associated with it. In the moments you feel strong, someone or something […]
Oh, Valentine’s Day you kinda STRESS ME OUT! What can be an incubator of unmet expectations… can also be a day to love extravagantly and unconditionally. You choose!
Oh, Valentine’s Day you kinda STRESS ME OUT! What can be an incubator of unmet expectations… can also be a day to love extravagantly and unconditionally. You choose!
Keep your head down and attack. That’s a principal I employ when I’m facing the daunting task of running hills. The theory is that we’re easily defeated by the looming mountain ahead of us but it becomes much more manageable if we just tackle it step by step. Focusing on this concept is the only […]
Great movements occur when a leader gets discontent enough to make others uncomfortable. We’ve seen them throughout history…. Joan of Arc George Washington Mahatma Gandhi Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mother Teresa Winston Churchill We’ve also seen them in our communities… church planters, community leaders, founders of non-profit organizations, moms who fight for health, eduction […]
How do you keep an organization organized? How do you keep it running efficiently and effectively without losing personality or heart? This is the leadership tension of communication vs. bureaucracy. I believe that fast-growing organizations feel this tension the most. With rapid addition of staff and the ever-changing dynamics that accompany growth, leaders find themselves […]
I can’t hardly believe it’s nearly time for Just Lead! to release! Sherry and I have been working on this project for quite some time. Along the way you begin to think that it’s just a dream, but the reality is starting to sink in. Just Lead!: A No Whining, No Complaining, No Nonsense Practical […]
I was recently watching an episode of the ABC sitcom, The Middle. The Heck family, a middle class family of five are piled into the car after a long day of work and school. Hungry and tired they are trying to decide where to go for dinner. As expected each of three kids, all opinionated […]
My dear friend Lindsey Nobles and an amazing team of bloggers are in Bangladesh right now with Food for the Hungry. If you haven’t had a chance to check out the work that they are doing, you gotta take a few minutes… Meet the team. See all of their posts here. They have just […]
Last week we started the discussion about the leadership tension of head vs. heart. Most of us have a tendency to either lead more logically or lead more emotionally but I think our best leadership emerges when we learn to employ them both. So what does that look like? One particular story comes to mind… […]
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