The informed team player will help you to be a more valuable leader and organization. Why then does the vast majority have difficulty articulating what their companies most Important goal is? There are not many things more deflating from an employee than to realize they have been working on the wrong thing for a period […]
In sports, the players typically recognized are the stars; the players that have the best stats at the end of the year. Well, what about the rest of the team? Growing up, I loved to watch the NBA. Michael Jordan was my favorite player and was the most popular player of his era. Yet, Jordan […]
Among other things, leadership always involves decision making. Many of the decisions we make in our roles at work have little to no impact on our personal lives, but not all are work decisions. A few years back, I was at a church leadership conference, led by two top leaders in that industry. The first […]
Goals, benchmarks, and quotas, all represent something we are trying to achieve. Most people are not accomplishing the goals they want to achieve, so what’s the deal? According to an article on Inc.com, over ninety-percent of people who set New Year’s resolutions never accomplish them. That is a ton of people, not feeling pumped about […]
Thanks to the popularity of social media, we are able to get a sneak peek into the life of others. Although in the midst of seeing so much, we can be left with the feeling that something is missing. I personally love the advantages that technology and social media afford to us. Without it, I may […]
Like most people, you want to make sure you are choosing the right path when making big decisions. The bigger the decision the more that is involved. This can cause fear as you do not want to cause damage by making the wrong decision. Throughout life, you will have to make quite a few big […]
My wife Christa is the greatest woman I know. I believe that she is a one in a billion type of person. With that being said, there are times when she needs a recharge from the day-to-day. Last week, I came home from work and knew that she had a stressful day with the kids. […]
Many people give up goal setting because they don’t achieve the results they set out to. I am a big proponent of setting goals for your personal and professional life. One of the processes I take my coaching clients through includes making a plan for their life, business, and time. The goal of these plans […]
I love conversations with people who care about me and are willing to ask the tough questions. These people care enough about you to see the good in you but desire to pull out the great. I just had one of those conversations the other day with someone. They were trying to challenge me to […]
If you have a smartphone, can you imagine your life without it? I had a small taste of what it was like to not have one after having had one for almost a decade. We can all benefit from advancements in technology these days. We are able to sync calendars, project management software, and see […]