Sir Ken Robinson, an international leader in the development of education, creativity, and innovation, says, "If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original." Interestingly, there are two opposing forces at work in this statement: A...
Okay, I have to be honest about something that kinda irritates me. Sometimes when I'm talking to a guy, I'll hear him refer to his wife with a particular phrase that frankly sounds disrespectful. Or, if I haven't seen a friend in a long time, I'll occasionally hear...
I've spent the last 3 days at the Catalyst Conference in Dallas. Catalyst is such a great event loaded with great leadership teaching, fantastic worship, inspiring stories from culture-shaping leaders, and hilarious creativity. This year's theme was "Take Courage."...
Most leaders understand the importance of growing their team members to maximize their personal growth and organizational contribution. However, we're often missing a piece to the puzzle...and sometimes more than one piece. The key is to understand the R.E.E.D....
In their book, Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard, authors Chip Heath and Dan Heath provide research that suggests the more choices a person has, the more paralyzed they are in making a decision...and thus, defaulting to the very situation or behavior...
I recently heard somebody say, "Nobody else knows what I intended to do. They only know what I didn't do." That statement summarizes a life of regrets. It's a history. It represents years of choices to nowhere. And it encapsulates a private pain of dashed hopes and...
Yesterday I was online looking at some resources to help people grow in their spiritual journey. I was reminded of a book by a gentleman who was well-versed in the Bible and who had some profoundly deep insights from Scripture. I logged onto his site, anxious to see...
Success is usually perceived as a glamorous, adventure-filled road of glory. Whether the latest sports figure, the high-end CEO, the famous actor, or the thriving entrepreneur living her dream, success is everywhere. And because success is everywhere, it's easier than...
It's really easy for leaders to get so frustrated with what's not working, so enamored with the new and exciting, and so enthralled with problems to be solved, that we forget something really huge...BRIGHT SPOTS. Bright spots are the areas of your organization that...