There is no doubt that the lack of quality leadership today is rampant. In fact, one of the primary indicators to a business' long term success, employee engagement, community prosperity and strong family ties is leadership. Which begs the question, if leadership is so vital to positive outcomes, why is there such a deficiency of …
Tag: development
Danger Zone
Throughout my career, I have witnessed three key behaviors lead to the slow fade and decline of many. These are resisting change, pessimism and complacency - and these negative behaviors have destroyed more than just careers. However, there is good news in knowing these self-defeating traits can be changed and even avoided. For the opposite …
Profit Points
Profit is defined as a gain, benefit and/or advantage. Thus, who doesn't prefer to profit in life? Even more powerful is when we learn to define profitability through God's eyes, rather than the world's. Here are a few of the ways, God reveals His Kingdom gains: Desire: What do we desire most? Is it more …
Evidence
If evidence helps prove, or disprove something, it stands to reason the Holy Spirit would provide evidence to the power of Christ to both encourage our walk and promote Himself to others. Some of these ways include: Faith Growing: Just like an athlete proactively trains to build muscle and maintain optimum performance, we too must …
Born To Be…
There's an older Disney cartoon that remains one of our family's favorites. It's about a lion cub that is raised by sheep due to a mishap by the "stork" baby delivery service. As a result, the lion grows up thinking he's a sheep, until one day a ravenous wolf attacks the flock and drags the …
Held By The Holy
I'm very thankful for having had the opportunity to teach my kids how to ride their bikes. Those are memories we look back on fondly. However, what if rather than taking an encouraging approach, I had chosen a frustrated and ridiculing one? Both my kids may have never learned how to ride and if they …
Leading With Impact?
There is a story that tells of a former military general who once approached an officer trying to rally his soldiers to lift a large piece of timber into place. The men were struggling to do so and when the general inquired as to why the officer wasn't physically helping, the man quickly replied, "because …