Improve Team Collaboration With These Skills

Collaboration is a very hot topic in team world but a very misunderstood concept.  What is should never mean is that everyone needs to be in the room and everyone should have an equal amount of time to express themselves.  This leadership strategy has to produce more effective results or Read more

Developing Leaders For Life

The whole idea behind The Convergence Point my leadership development company is that people will be able to sort through all the noise and activity that is out there and find real meaning and purpose in life.  This means that we really need to know what we want and make Read more

When Leaders Have To Speak Up

The bitter irony is that leaders who really want to avoid conflict are normally the very people who cause more of it to happen.  The longer you wait to deal with a problem, it can by nature of neglect, get far worse and become a full blown crisis.  So speaking Read more

The Role Of Simple Living In Contentment

We are reminded that we brought nothing into this world and it is certain that we can take nothing out.  So when we leave this life compared to most of the world just having food, shelter and clothing should produce contentment.  This does not mean we should all take a Read more

Why Pride Causes Blindness

Pride is a terrible thing.  It causes you to focus only on what is in your personal interest and blinds you to the reality of what you are doing to hurt other people. The public spectacle that played out in the news concerning Reverend Wright and Barack Obama was been Read more

Your Team Is Brainstorming All Wrong

It is often said in sports that how you prepare before the game will determine how well you play in the game.  I believe that is also true about meeting effectiveness as well.  The amount of work that is done before the meeting will determine how well your team can Read more