Practicing Resilience in the Face of Trials
Due to unfortunate genetics (mine), my eight-year-old son has been required to wear a very conspicuous orthodontic device day and night. It’s officially called a headgear and consists of a metal bar over his face, connecting a pad on his forehead to a pad on his chin. It pulls his upper jaw forward, ensuring that his bite will be aligned, and...
When we talk about good leaders in history we often think about glory. We think about their accomplishments, their strengths, and their greatness. We think about their renown and their authority. We think about standing on stages, accepting awards and accolades and names being written in history books.
We rarely hear the term “leadership” and think of a lowly shepherd wading...
Choosing positivity and encouragement
I recently sat in a meeting where those in leadership roles spoke very poorly to one another. Their tones were snippy, their responses were short, and their questions sounded loaded like large rifles ready to discharge should the answer cause even the slightest bit of frustration. I felt all the positive air in the room slowly leak out like a balloon pri...
Introducing the Legacy Builder Series
It’s a typical weekday night. The clock says 4:45pm and I am hustling in the kitchen. The oven is cranked up to 400°F ready to roast tonight’s cauliflower, though it’s not yet cut. The water on the stove is boiling, sending steam to the ceiling while the rinsed rice sits neglected next to the sink. I’m dicing raw chicken on th...
How have you entered the new year?
Did you create new year resolutions?
Did you create new goals?
Did you pick a word for you to focus on in the new year?
All of these are things I have done to go after 2024.
Why do we think a new year will change our life?
One word…HOPE!
I know one year is only separated by seconds, but it gives me HOPE that...
This weekend I had the opportunity to be part of my wife’s family reunion. The South came to Wisconsin for a wonderful weekend of food, fellowship, and paintball. Yep! The family that shoots each other stays together. No that is not how the expression goes but it worked for us. I learned several things while playing paintball this weekend. First, I am terrible at it. Second, it requires a...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Is it just me or do you also find it hard to believe that we are already at this point where we have Thanksgiving and Christmas literally in front of us?! I normally love these two holidays but HOLY MOLY this year has flown by way too fast. I am officially old because I say that every year now. Well, this blog is something I needed to write because I am not ready...
Lets be real.
No filters.
No BS.
Three Poor Leadership Traits that I have done and really messed up:
Lack of emotional intelligence
Strong passiveness
Being too nice
Lack of emotional intelligence:
Are you able to see how your team views you as a leader?
Are you present when your team needs you?
Are you disappearing at stressful times?...
Last Friday, I was able to attend a leadership conference with several of my leaders. We were able to hear several speakers focus on leadership and how to inspire our teams. There was one speaker that really made an impact on me because her message got me to think about how my leadership could be inspiring or draining my team.
The speaker was Liz Wiseman and her book is titled MULTIPLIE...
The past few months, I have launched a new series called “Leadership Exposed” on our podcast. This idea was born as Steve Scherer and I were thinking about new ways to connect with our listeners. We asked ourselves....
What are leaders needing to grow?
How can I help them?
What do I wish I knew when I started out as a leader?
Then it hit me, leaders need to hear the t...
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