I am beginning to realize that I am always moving where I need to go through the challenging and even catastrophic situations. While I am worrying, praying, crying and venting, things are moving forward and I couldn’t see it. While…
There is a story in the Bible about a guy named Nehemiah. Nehemiah felt like he should check on his home town. To his surprise it was devastated. Another country had come in and taken over and the place spiraled…
When you change what you believe you change what you do. I think sometimes we let the events of the past define our future. We take the painful, challenging, catastrophic or terrible events and allow them to be projected on…
Accountability Without Damage By Mike Kotsis Many business and ministry leaders have worked hard to build their company and ministry culture, only to realize that they’ve created a culture without accountability. There’s a healthy work/life balance and employees enjoy being…
Had a chance to attend a national Home Depot Conference when I was National Sales Manager for a regional HVAC company and James Murphy was the guest speaker. After years in the Airforce, James retired and started a program called…
“You must see value in yourself to add value to yourself.” John Maxwell from 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth The good book reminds us to love others as ourselves but if we don’t really love (or even like) ourselves, that…
From 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey To try to change outward attitudes and behaviors does very little good in the long run if we fail to examine the basic paradigms from which those attitudes and behaviors…
It’s not real if it’s not written. This is the downfall of a lot business leaders and managers. My opinion is that lack of clarity is one of the most destructive situations we put our people in on a daily…
“It is difficult overcoming a maintaining culture.” John Maxwell John shares a story about one of his early jobs that really hit home for me as I get the amazing opportunity to coach companies all over the country. “There’s an…