I recently read about a leader who said that the way to know if you were doing anything of value at work is to never be sure if your decisions and actions would cause you to lose your job! Now, I fully understand that they were talking about the importance of taking risks, stepping into […]

If you know me personally or have spent any time with my blog, you know that I write from a Christian worldview.  Here is a blog that I recently wrote for one of my courses which asked me to state how I lived out my faith.  Enjoy. A few weeks ago I was having coffee […]

Growing up in the 70s, if you heard someone say “Be who you are,” you would almost automatically interpret it as a statement of personal choice and freedom, being the person you chose to be and ignoring what others and society wanted you to be. The whole generation was caught up in being true to […]

Recently I led a seminar on how leaders can use the art of storytelling to be effective and memorable leaders. It was a lot of fun. In it I personally demonstrated to get beyond the facts and help others to catch your message by telling a compelling, interesting and entertaining story. One of those stories […]

I recently took a quiz for one of my courses.  These quizzes ultimately count for a very low percentage of the final grade, but they serve the purpose of proving that a student has read the material and understands the concepts.  When I take these tests, I expect to do well, because I am one […]