8 Characteristics Of Great Teammates

We have all worked at some point in time with both good and bad teams.  Maybe we were the reason they were bad but certainly not in every case.  The things that make for successful teams are well documented within leadership culture.  Brad Lomenick offers some great insight: “Reality is, we are all part of […]

Connecting The Clock And The Compass In Life

The battle between the urgent and the important has never been more difficult to manage.  We are either prioritizing our schedule or scheduling our priorities and we better know the difference.  John Maxwell in this excellent post tries to marry the two concepts into a workable plan: “Time waits for no man.” You’ve probably heard that […]

The 5 Biggest Hiring Mistakes

The only thing worse than not having a position filled is to have it filled with the wrong person.  Sometimes people change over time and once great performers no longer are today.  However, the majority of mistakes are made on the front end hiring process and Michael Hyatt has some great suggestions: “I have made […]

7 Ways To Fight Fatigue As A Leader

Margin is defined as the difference between the demands placed upon your life and your capacity to meet them.  There has never been a time when we have had less margin in every area of our lives.  You must determine what increases your margin and maybe even more importantly what takes it away.  This post […]

Becoming A Family With Purpose

It always bothers me when I see extremely competent leaders at work and then they somehow morph into totally undisciplined leaders at home.  We can plan multi-million dollar projects but somehow we can’t find a way or the time for a weekly date night.  This is clearly not a matter of competency but priorities.  This […]