How To Establish Yourself As A Leader

Leadership is certainly not for everyone.  It requires in my opinion a passion to make things better and not to settle for the status quo.  A leader is a change agent who sees potential in other people and is highly committed to bringing that talent out for everyone to see.  This Forbes post covers the […]

4 Ways To Go From Manager To Leader

It still amazes me working with clients when there is such confusion between the roles and responsibilities of managers compared to leaders.  It’s almost like a zero sum situation where one is more highly valued than the other.  Both roles are absolutely necessary and you should be helping your best people find their seat on […]

Church Scattered: Personal Mission Statement

All of us have become proficient at doing all the major components of the business plan at work.  We know how to define goals, create plans, execute priorities and evaluate success. However, very few of us use these same disciplines to help lead our personal lives.  Research shows that approximately 95% of us have never […]

Church Scattered: Christian Leaders Timing Is Everything

In many situations leaders know what needs to be done to move forward and even how it should be done but they fail on the when it should be done question.  If you try to put a major change initiative in place that is really needed but the climate for change is not urgent then […]

5 Ways To Prevent Decision Fatigue From Ruining Productivity

Multi-tasking felt so good because we were almost always doing something.  Eventually, when I evaluated all of the important work I actually did at the end of the day it was almost nothing.  I now block time for deep important work so that I can stay focused long enough to make real progress.  This Fast […]