Have you had a real break this year? If you ask most leaders, the answer is no. Sure, they took time off, but they kept checking email, answering texts, solving problems, or being on call “just in case.” So it…
You probably have some favourite quotes as a leader. So do I. This is not an all-time-top-ten-list kind of post. Instead, this is a collection of ten mostly lesser-known quotes that I hope can help you and your team think…
Finding it hard to take a break? Many leaders do. The question is why. If you’ve ever said things to yourself like: I can never really seem to get away My company needs me. I can’t really take time off. Every…
“Think Again: Why Religion is Good for Us” is written by Mark Clark. Mark is the Senior Pastor of Bayside Church in Sacramento, a close friend, and co-creator of our courses The Art of Reaching and The Art of Preaching. Religious…
How do you pastor a mob? The truth is you can’t. At least not easily. The only problem is that right now you have to. In the last few years, we’ve moved from an era of reasonable consensus to polarization, partisanship,…
As a leader, you probably need to remind yourself of certain things on a regular basis. I know I do. As a young leader, I thought the problem was everyone else. They need to change. The system needed to change. Not anymore. Now I…
How’s your vision casting lately? A couple of years ago, I noticed something that surprised and disappointed me: Without realizing it, I’d stopped casting vision for my team. Which is really strange because I’m a visionary; that’s what I do.…
So many leaders have lost confidence in themselves over the last year or two. Sound familiar? It’s deeply understandable. Things are changing so quickly and remain so unpredictable that almost everything that used to be effective isn’t, and just when…
This is a post by Jeff Henderson. Jeff is a leading voice on how to create and grow momentum for organizations and leaders and is a member of my Speaking Team. Jeff is the founder of The For Company and author of the book, Know…
Dysfunctional team members are hard to deal with at the best of times. They can frustrate you, perplex you and leave you wondering how to deal with them. But, when you add remote work to the equation, it gets even…
As a leader you’re probably asking yourself, when will this end? The crisis. The disruption. The weird instability and angst that have been 2020 and 2021 so far. Few of us seriously thought that when the global crisis began in…
If you’re young and in leadership, you might be asking: Why don’t I have more followers on social? How do I get noticed for the work I’m doing? Why isn’t my platform growing faster? When is someone going to finally…