A couple of months ago, I wrote a post that served as an introduction to the concept of servant leadership and I used my first job as a supervisor to highlight some lessons I'd learned about what being a servant leader was all about. I noted at the time that there was more I wanted... Continue Reading →
Do you ever find yourself looking at a young child running around a playground and wishing you could have their sense of freedom and wonder again, even if only for a little while? As we grow up, we are expected to put our childish ways behind us and to live up to the expectations of... Continue Reading →
Sometimes, you get a new and thought-proving take on sonething familiar from a place where you weren't expecting it… though, if I'm being honest, I probably should not be surprised about this one. In brief, I was at church years ago and heard a sermon about a very familiar reading from the Bible. Interestingly, while... Continue Reading →
Last week, I was meeting with a friend and colleague, Ken Cavellier. Ken's been a successful salesman and sales leader for most of his career and, as we were catching up, he turned to me and said, "You know the secret to leading a successful team? It's understanding that you work for them." Without using... Continue Reading →
Okay. Confession time. I love to read or even listen to books targeted to kids and young adults... Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl, even classics like A Wrinkle in Time. You name it and I've probably read it at some point or another. In a moment of self-reflection, I got to thinking on why I keep... Continue Reading →
"How did you remember that?!? It happened like three years ago!" So said a colleague of mine one day when she was trying to recall what was decided about some older issue and I was able to tell her not only what we agreed upon, but who was there and even what conference room we'd... Continue Reading →
"When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." We've all probably heard this comment, or something similar to it, many times... and it makes sense. It's not unreasonable to use the tools we have at hand to solve whatever challenge is right in front of us. And, if you're anything like... Continue Reading →
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