There is a lot of talk these days about “fit” when it comes to leaders assembling their team.  Often, there is a valuable and gifted employee who is deemed not to fit in the vision of the organization moving forward and they are released.  It rarely has to do with character or competence, but rather […]

In this blog, I want to share a blog from a new friend of mine, Pastor Alan Ahlgrim from his blog at BLESSINGSAHEAD.wordpress.com.   Survival Sometimes success is simply surviving! Last week we had dinner with friends who just returned from San Juan. Dave and Kim had endured the terror of Hurricane Maria while on the […]

Self-awareness is awesome, but you eventually must do something with it! Witherington stated, “We spend so much time analyzing our thoughts and our behaviors that we never get around to changing either one.” That’s a great statement for leaders who can easily become bogged down in analysis, rather than just getting to work and making […]

In the book Work: A Kingdom Perspective on Labor, John W. Gardner is quoted to have said, “The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing not good philosophy.  Neither its pipes nor its theories […]

In the book Handbook of Leadership Development, the authors stated, “Comfort is the enemy of growth and continued effectiveness.”  They go on to quote Ron Heifetz who stated, “Conflict is the stimulus for mobilizing people to learn new ways.”  Both of these statements are quite true for anyone who desires to be a leader.  Seldom […]