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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.

Navigating the 4 Phases of a Sabbatical

Four phases are common to a good sabbatical experience, but each one is fraught with temptations that can sabotage the best of intentions.

OFF-RAMPS and ON-RAMPS: The Hidden Secret of a Healthy Sabbatical

A Sabbatical can be an amazing gift, but your your off-ramp from everyday life can ruin it before you start.

Avoiding the Graveyard of Good Intentions

If you are like most people, you began the New Year with some thought about goals, possibilities, and dreams of what you’d like to...

The Power of ONE THING

Every day every leader must find a way to cut through the fog and the clamor of the urgent in order to focus their attentions on what...

Starting Your New Year with Sustainable Perspective

While everyone is looking backward at the dumpster-fire-of-a-year we just finished, I want to offer a prescription for looking forward...

It’s Time for a Gratitude Challenge

It might seem a bit cliche to talk about gratitude during the holiday season. You might even be weary of what is often just flippant...

One of Our Biggest Questions :: Am I FOR or AGAINST?

Being a leader is all about choices. Big ones. Small ones. Forgettable ones. etc. One of those decisions--in a category all its own--is...

Navigating the Swamp of People’s Expectations // PART TWO

You Cannot Lead without Conflict Whether you cause it or step into it, it comes with the territory! This reality is one more reason why...

How do You Halt Personal Erosion

What’s your favorite description of 2020? There’s some pretty funny stuff out there, but my favorite came from a friend: “2020 feels like...