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- 1. 'Do All That Is Within Your Heart'
- In reading through 1 Samuel, my spirit seemed to jump when I read chapter 14. Verse 7 flashed at me as though highlighted in fluorescent yellow: "And his armor-bearer said to him, 'Do all that is in your ...
- Created on 05 July 2018
- 2. Before Your Next One-on-One
- In the daily grind of leadership, we must find every opportunity to focus on the one. Team meetings are necessary and serve a purpose. Committee meetings are useful for passing monkeys. Project teams get ...
- Created on 14 June 2018
- 3. Preach With Passion
- In the mid-1970s, I remember attending an Easter service with my wife's parents. We traveled across the country together to spend an Easter weekend with other relatives somewhere near Carlsbad, New Mexico. ...
- Created on 03 April 2018
- 4. They're Gonna Need a New Roof
- When a doorway is blocked, tear open the roof! On New Year's Eve a few years ago, my wife and I planned a quiet dinner and an early bedtime. She was working and I was with a client when my phone rang. ...
- Created on 06 March 2018
- 5. Why You Might Be Putting Your Team in a Choke Hold
- "Choking is suboptimal performance, not just poor performance. It's a performance that is inferior to what you can do and have done in the past and occurs when you feel pressure to get everything right." ...
- Created on 07 February 2018
- 6. Living in a Digital World
- "I'm an analog man, living in digital world." I don't have much in common with Joe Walsh (Eagles, guitarist-singer-songwriter) but I can identify with his lamentation. I can sing his song, and loudly. ...
- Created on 04 January 2018
- 7. Ears to Hear
- The L/T ratio is a critical marker for the success of a leader. If we listen more than we talk, we hear a road map about how to lead the teammate with love. One chat does not fit all. Every member of our ...
- Created on 18 December 2017
- 8. Bring the Heat
- The essence of leadership is additive. Leaders who love add much more than they subtract. A team grows in strength, confidence and competency when led with love. The apostle Paul said, "Love never fails" ...
- Created on 11 December 2017
- 9. Open Invitation to Join My Private Love Leads Facebook Group
- Add a little love to your leadership style. Sometimes it's difficult to make necessary changes in the way we lead. Our old style seemed to work—until it didn't. There was no one to turn to for help. It's ...
- Created on 29 November 2017
- 10. Positional Leaders Would Rather Fight Than Switch
- The love leads message is not for everyone. I was warned by a good friend that my message would be rejected by some because certain leaders would not want to be held accountable to lead with love. Some ...
- Created on 15 November 2017
- 11. Too Busy to Die to Self
- I believe the closer I get to God, the better I will lead. It's easier to "die to self" when I remain near the cross. When I drift into being busy and "getting stuff done," I begin to lose the heart of ...
- Created on 09 October 2017
- 12. 3 Building Tips to Avoid Shallow Work Today
- Deep Work by Cal Newport is a great book packed with levers to improve productivity. Cal Newport subtitled his book "Rules for focused success in a distracted world." I've written many times about the ...
- Created on 21 August 2017
- 13. Your One Surefire Response to Insult
- What is your knee-jerk reaction when someone insults you? Retaliation is a dangerous weapon. But the type of retaliation that becomes a Godly lever is revealed by Peter: "Don't repay evil for evil. Don't ...
- Created on 18 August 2017
- 14. Beat the Afternoon Doldrums With This Productivity Secret
- It seems I can't open my email without seeing a note from someone offering suggestions on how to create a better morning ritual. Time management gurus are obsessed with the 5 things I should do every morning. ...
- Created on 17 August 2017
- 15. Clean Up Your Inner Circle
- Does your environment contradict your goals? Reliable research continues to support the belief that environmental stimuli play a significant role in goal achievement. Economic mobility is highly determined ...
- Created on 16 August 2017
- 16. When We Need a Tune-Up
- Emotional intelligence is an important lever to getting things done through others. "When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion." —Dale ...
- Created on 15 August 2017
- 17. Are You Practicing Your Serve?
- It's rare to read anything about leadership without seeing the phrase "servant leader." It seems the phrase has become a candidate for the Oxymoron Hall of Fame. It will be enshrined with other head-scratching ...
- Created on 10 August 2017
- 18. How Do People Get to Know You?
- Sometimes, marketing is like pushing a rock up a hill. We feel like we are making progress, but we know that one slip of the foot can cause the rock to crush us on the way back down the hill. Successful ...
- Created on 02 August 2017
- 19. When Can You Start?
- Aim and fire. We can do without the "ready." When I ask friends or clients about the development of their platform, I frequently hear things such as "I'm getting my thoughts together and will start soon," ...
- Created on 01 August 2017
- 20. Do One Thing Well
- The one thing I hear most often from ministry and book authors is that they don't have time to do the work necessary to attract people to their platform. A platform is a place in which you show up every ...
- Created on 31 July 2017
