As Patrick Lencioni said in his book The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, “Fear of Conflict” is one of the things that can cripple a team. I used to avoid conflict because it made me feel uncomfortable, over the last few years I have chosen to embrace it and have seen how it could be one …
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“I got burned on trust. I trusted them and thought they trusted me, but they used me. Sometimes I hate trust. It hurts when I put myself out there and they take me for granted.” These are all thoughts I have had in the last few months. When I think of trust I think about …
Have you ever heard someone share their vision with you, and you find yourself bored? You don’t engage, you aren’t excited, and you really don’t care. If their vision matches their method of sharing that vision, you really don’t want to have anything to do with it! On the other hand, when you hear someone …
The Seven Goals of Success Fifth Goal: Strengthen Your Personal Evaluation System We evaluate ourselves every day. Often it is as simple as looking in a mirror. As leaders, we are constantly wondering how we are coming across to others, how we are doing. We want to know how that speech went, or how I …
I’ve been studying the concept of “transparency” with a group of students over the past number of weeks, and I’ve been challenged to examine this area of my own life, instead of telling others how to live this way. Patrick Lencioni writes in his book, “Getting Naked” about the fear we have as leaders in …
Do you remember the common saying, “Do as I say, not as I do“? I’m sure as a parent I’ve used this line before probably as I was trying to justify my behavior to my kids, trying to get them to do what was right! The other day I was on a flight from Tokyo …
I was recently speaking at a men’s gathering, and I shared a story from my past that was a really hard time in my life. I shared about the challenges I had faced, I shared about my struggle to get through it and I shared about the things that God taught me through the process. …
I’ve been in partnership with many different people and countless organizations over the past 25 years. In some ways, I would even call myself some kind of an “expert” in partnerships. I know how they work and I see great value in the collaboration that comes from a good partnership, but I am also learning …