Where we get lost with culture is where we think it begins. We often think that it begins in an employee handbook, the CEO’s office. It is often in the…
Category: <span>Leadership</span>
Latest book: Hope in the Dark Introductory Comments for Summit We are all about leadership. We know that everyone wins when a leader gets better. What is leadership? Leadership is…
This past Sunday, my family like many other families across the United States, gathered in our friends’ home to watch commercial, eat unhealthy snacks and root against the Patriots. As residents of Indiana where we watched Tom Brady and Bill Belichick’s incessant winning prevent our Indianapolis Colts from making it to more Super Bowls, it is part of our duty. We pay taxes. We eat corn and pork tenderloins. We root against the Patriots. Yet something happened as I watched the Patriots win their sixth championship; I was filled with respect.
The NFL is a vastly different league than when the Patriots won their first Super Bowl in 2002. The St Louis Rams were deploying “The Greatest Show on Turf.” Marshall Faulk, Jerome Bettis and Priest Holmes were grinding out yards carrying the ball. When a baby-faced Brady led the Patriots to a massive upset, no one expected it. Over the course of the past 20 years, the league has changed and the Patriots have been zigging while the rest of the league zagged.
“With all the problems in our world today, we must stop making excuses. We can make excuses or we can make a difference, but we cannot make both. We must…
I was talking with a friend last week who has been struggling with the feeling of being over-extended and teetering on the edge of burnout. After leading in churches for…
As I wrote in yesterday’s blog post, I’ve accepted a new role with the One Life Network. I will be serving as the Director of Microsites and New Site Development.…
Several weeks ago, I was approached by Bret Nicholson, our Lead Pastor, and Natalie Jaranowski, our Executive Director, about changing my role within the One Life Network. For the past…
Tonight’s topic: The power of the right goals in our leadership Key thought: If you don’t have any goals, it is going to be really difficult to have a win.…