7 Ways to Better Ensure Your Email Gets Read
Do you want to make sure your email gets read? When our youngest son was in college I realized he wasn’t reading all the emails he should have been reading. A few times we almost missed paying some...
View Article7 Ways Extroverts Can Better Engage Introverts
If you’re an extroverted leader, I believer there are ways you can better engage introverts. I write a lot about introversion, because I’m an introvert. I released my book The Mythical Leader in 2017....
View ArticleA Big Communication Obstacle on Every Team
There has been a big communication barrier on every team I have led. Yet, it is often overlooked. Most effective teams at some point will do a personality assessment of team members. I work a lot with...
View Article7 Ways to Identify Constructive Criticism
How do we give constructive criticism? It’s something all of us see and want to share, but how do we do it in a way that actually helps? Constructive: Serving a useful purpose; tending to build up....
View ArticleHow To Be More Thankful
Would you like to be more thankful? I mean – like truly appreciate the things you have now. And doesn’t the world need this example from believers? I find at times I am thankful, and at other times,...
View Article7 Assumptions Made About Introverts
People make assumptions about introverts. I know. I am an introvert. Some people can question whether they are or not. I don’t. I’m certified in Myers Briggs, so I know the language well. I’ve studied...
View Article5 Ways to Benefit with People You Lead
Do you want to harness the greatest power in your organization? How can you benefit with the people you lead? The best assets of your church, business or non-profit never appear on your balance sheet....
View Article7 Misunderstandings Younger Generations Have about Older Generations
I can now consider myself part of an older generation. I’m not “old” yet – at least in my opinion, but I’m older. Old enough to know there are some misunderstandings younger generations have about...
View Article3 Casualties from Unresponsive Leaders
The are some incredible casualties with being unresponsive leaders. I remember meeting with a young man in our church a number of years ago. I had baptized him a few months before and had taken a...
View Article5 Ways I Act at a Social Gatherings as an Introvert
Social gatherings – I love them. Really, I do. As an introvert, however, they can be very difficult. Introverts are typically far more likely to be placed in awkward, uncomfortable situations when the...
View Article7 Terrible Outcomes from a Really Bad Culture
It has been said that “Bad Culture Eats Vision“. I’ve learned that to be true. No matter how strong a vision is if the culture is bad the outcomes are going to be disappointing. As a result, an...
View Article7 Ways to Have Your Best Christmas Ever
It’s Christmas season again. Seems to come every year about this time. The most wonderful time of the year. I hope this is your best Christmas ever! There’ll be parties for hosting Marshmallows for...
View Article5 Ways to Benefit from Your Organization’s Best Asset
Do you want to harness the greatest power in your organization? Are you benefiting from your organization’s best asset? The organization’s best assets – whether a church, business or non-profit – never...
View ArticleA Major Communication Barrier On Every Team
There has been a major communication barrier on every team I have led. It is huge, and yet often overlooked. Most effective teams at some point will do a personality assessment of team members. I work...
View Article7 New Year Resolutions Which Could Change Our World
Whether or not you do New Year resolutions, we could all stand to improve some things in our life. And, if we do, I’m confident we could also improve the life of others. In fact, with a whole lot of...
View Article10 Life Lessons from “It’s a Wonderful Life”
“It’s a Wonderful Life” has to be one of my all-time favorite movies. I have probably seen it thirty times or more. I read recently, the movie was not a success the first few years after it’s release....
View Article7 Christmas Gift Suggestions for Your Wife
I’m going on a wild hunch there are some men who haven’t even thought about what they’ll get their wife for Christmas yet. I understand. It probably still seems early to Christmas Eve shoppers. (I used...
View Article7 Suggestions to Have the Best Christmas Ever
It’s Christmas time again. Seems to come every year about this time. The most wonderful time of the year. There’ll be parties for hosting Marshmallows for toasting And caroling out in the snow There’ll...
View Article7 of the Most Dangerous Church Cultures I’ve Observed
I was talking with a couple of pastors about leading in church revitalization and growth. Both of these pastors are seasoned church leaders – having far more experience in total than I have in...
View ArticleHow This Introvert Handles Awkward Situations
One thing middle age has done for me is make me more aware of who I really am and how I respond to life. I can wish I was wired differently, but I am who I am. I can somewhat adapt my personality to my...
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