Moving Beyond Paycheck

As Christians we are to do everything as unto the Lord and not unto men.  That means we have far more than a job we have a calling. We tend to live segmented lives with separate time and devotion given to work, family, faith, friends and entertainment.  What comes with Read more

Follow Up Or Fail

I cannot tell you how many people I have worked with over the years that are great at getting something started but totally ineffective in finishing the task with excellence.  They get very excited in the creative planning stages of something but when it gets down to execution they lose Read more

Work Life Integration Not Balance

All of us feel like we have too many things to do and not enough time to do them.  We have priorities in many different areas: our career, family, relationships, entertainment, faith and own personal life.  We also fulfill many roles as employees, fathers, husbands, wives, mothers, and friends just Read more

8 Unrealistic Expectations That Will Ruin You

One of the most significant responsibilities of leadership is the setting and managing of expectations.  If they are unrealistic, no matter how hard your team works you will still fail.  If they are realistic, then everyone feels this is doable and gives their best effort.  This post by Travis Bradberry Read more

When You Must Resign

If you are an A player as defined by Jim Collins in Good to Great you are a character driven leader.  This means that you are willing to set aside any personal agenda for the good of the team and the organization. It also means that as a leader you Read more

New Marketing Changes Everything

A good friend of mine exposed me to Seth Godin who is the author of several incredible books on the subject of new marketing and how it is significantly different from the old models most of us know.  He has an incredible blog and I would encourage you to visit Read more

When Too Much Transparency Backfires

We must always be committed to tell the truth, but sometimes you can ask too many questions and share too much information.  Everyone on your team does not need to know everything on the altar of total transparency.  Transparency is a means to the greater end of execution, it is Read more

Time To Shut Up And Listen

This phrase is not only the title for one of the chapters in Mark DeMoss’s book The Little Red Book Of Wisdom but it is also incredibly good advice.  To make his point he uses the confirmation hearings of Justice Samuel Alito where most senators spent almost all of their Read more

The Value Of Character

Simply put everything you eventually accomplish in life will be based upon you personal leadership DNA.  What you do is based upon who you are. Someone has well said:  ability may get you to the top but it takes character to keep you there.  If you do not believe that Read more