“If, Then” Marriage Cycle
All marriages are performance based to some degree because we are all human. However, we should never manipulate change in the other person just to have our needs met. We need to minister and meet their needs and trust the changing to God. Mark Merrill has some practical tips on breaking this cycle: “Does this […]
7 Reasons Your Business Is Not Growing
If you are not confronting the brutal facts according to Jim Collins you are just reacting and no longer leading. Sadly, many times our problems are not external in the marketplace but internal to our organizational culture. This post by Casey Graham is well work reading: “I talk to a lot of business owners and […]
How To Be Available For Your Teenagers
There may be no more difficult time for parenting than helping your teenagers transition to adulthood. It really is more about our role as parents changing that theirs. If your parenting is still mainly instruction and correction based you are headed for a crisis. Mark Merrill has a helpful post: “The moments you have with […]
3 Ways To Know If Your Business Is A Home Wrecker
Work and life balance is a hard thing to come by these days. The reality is that we bring our work home too much and we know it. On the other hand we must all remember that we bring our home to work as well. Personal productivity demands we are being successful in both areas. […]
7 Quandaries Of Leading Creatives
In our day we use teams to get things done and those teams are made up of a lot of different types of people. They all have strengths and weaknesses and you must know how to shift your leadership style to get the most out of everyone in the room. Ron Edmondson works with high […]