What To Do About Mediocrity On Your Team

When the leader is the last person on the team to know why productivity is marginal and the overall attitude is negative, the real problem is more with the leader and not the team.  Every leader that hires me to work with their teams has certain people in their mind Read more

One Day At Time

The Christian life at times can be extremely complicated.  We all suffer from the consequences of our bad decisions but sometimes we suffer not because we have done something wrong but as a testimony to the world that God’s grace is indeed sufficient. I have learned the hard way over Read more

6 Characteristics Of An Effective Vision

When we think of the word vision we are drawn to a picture of the future of how things can be better than they are in the present.  Most vision casting does a good job of painting a hopeful image of the positive benefits involved but not a very realistic Read more

5 Questions Leaders Should Be Asking All The Time

For my first twenty years in corporate life, the leader was the answer man. The positional authority leader was always the one who could solve your problem or give you direction.  In essence, the leader was responsible for answering all the questions. Today leadership theory and practice according to this Read more

How To Deal With Anger In Marriage

Sadly, I know far too much about this subject, especially from the giving end.  When our feelings are hurt we must not stuff inside or dumb our emotions on the other person.  I have built in the discipline to first filter my emotions before I share them.  Then it’s all Read more

The Different Approaches To Setting Strategy

I have been living with this subject for the last 6 months.  I have become a fan of Michael Porter and am just beginning to understand how important strategy is to sustainable competitive advantage.  At the end of the day, there are only so many organizational efficiency changes you can Read more

10 Company Rules That Destroy Trust And Teamwork

Trust can take an incredibly long time to earn and a very short time to lose.  We all know when there are significant trust withdrawals because of major leadership failures but we miss many times the smaller things that can really negatively impact teamwork.  Liz Ryan has many excellent posts Read more