Blog Posts To Lead And Enlighten
When You Are Too Casual About ____, You’ll Become a Casualty in Leadership
Many leaders have crashed and burned because they got too casual in their leadership and lost their intentionality and focus on the "main things". Evaluate if you have a strategy to keep these areas top of mind. If you are too casual in about self-care, you’ll become...
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How to Learn from Your Mistake
Some people just have to learn things the hard way. Maybe they are kinesthetic learners or maybe just too proud to take wise advice fro others who have learned from experience. I reflected on this after seeing a car in a ditch, with emergency vehicles surrounding it....
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The 40 Books I Read in 2018 (part 1)
I hit my goal of reading 40 non-fiction leadership and personal growth books last year, and thought I'd share either the big thought or why I chose to read that book. Maybe one of them might end up on your list for 2019! Grace by Max Lucado. For spiritual wellness,...
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When to Pull Out of a Time Commitment
You have 2 competing arguments in your head: I have made a commitment to this cause/person and I hold loyalty as a core value, yet I feel an increasing urge to back out of this ongoing effort and allocate my limited time elsewhere. How do you determine if the time is...
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Why You Must Schedule “Thinking Time”
The whirlwind of your life is real. From the moment you wake up, it's easy to get swept into it and be spun around by it until crashing into bed at night. You are busy all day! But a consequence of this relentless life-pace is the absence of what I call "thinking...
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Your ‘False Start’ Hurts Your Team
A few weeks ago, when watching football, I observed a team marching down the field with the momentum of several first-downs. After a few defensive stops, their fourth down decision was to kick a field goal with good odds of succeeding. However, before the ball was...
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Working Professionals: How to Kickstart Your Career and Still Have a Life–Guest Blog by Julie Morris
For young professionals, it’s easy to get caught up in the rat race. America’s work ethic is deeply ingrained in our culture, and it’s generally accepted that, if you work hard and stay focused, you can achieve anything. It’s a great concept, but one that’s easy to...
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Approaching Performance Reviews with Continuous Feedback–Guest Blog by Rae Steinbach
While annual performance reviews were once a widespread convention across multiple industries, all signs point to the fact that this is rapidly changing. More than 90% of employees now prefer real-time feedback and management by objectives to the traditional...
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Sweep the Sand Off Your Sidewalk
Now that it's winter, I remembered something that happened after winter last spring. I noticed city employees with brooms sweeping the sand off the sidewalks on the steepest hill in my city--sand that had been put there on the iciest day of last winter to prevent...
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