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Finding Your Writing Process

If you are a leader, you are in the communication business. That means, you need a process for putting thoughts into writing. Here's mine.

Oct 10, 2020

Healthy Leaders are Willing to Take A Punch

Yesterday, a staff member from our church described our pastor with a uniquely insightful compliment. “He is willing to take a punch for...

Sep 23, 2020

Walking the Tightrope of Hard Conversations

Difficult conversations are not unique to leaders, but they are unavoidable if you are going to lead. Every leader needs to walk this...

Sep 12, 2020

360 Degree Mentoring and How to Find It

A BIG CLUE: The answer is not... Yoda... Gandalf… Dumbledore… Jiminy Cricket... all fictional superheroes of the mentoring world. The...

Jul 28, 2020

The New Rules of Communication :: Rule #3 — “The Pie in the Face”

Ever get cranky because people don’t read your emails? What's wrong with people? How can they be so rude? Well, you’re in good company. I...

Jul 14, 2020

How to Navigate a Season of Diminished Capacity

Leaders talk about reality. They name things as they are and they help others do the same. Therefore, it’s time we admit something to...

Jul 3, 2020

What Makes Self-Care Unselfish?

It was early Friday morning and I really wanted to get out for a bike ride. I needed the exercise, I knew the outdoors and sweat would do...

Jun 8, 2020

The Lessons that Shape Your Life

If you wanted the simplest framework for today’s post, I would call it: Learning to Pay Attention. More than fifteen years ago someone...

Jun 5, 2020

3Qs to Ignite Your Mentoring Relationships

Let’s start by blowing up crazy thinking that keeps lots of people from pouring their lives into others. The truth: you don’t have to be...

Apr 30, 2020

Dialogues of the Deaf

I am sick and tired of people who talk their way through an entire conversation without EVER asking a single question of anyone else...

Mar 20, 2018

What Am I Learning — podcast

What am I learning? Feb 7, 2018 I spoke to the staff of Rock Harbor Church, Orange County Costa Mesa on things I am learning as a leader...