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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...