Christopher Simpson

Whether you are just getting started or are nearing the conclusion of it, what is your vision for your career? If you could write an advance summary of what you hope to have accomplished when your lifetime of work has ended, what would it include? We all approach our jobs and careers with different perspectives, … Read more

Walk into almost any company, and you will hear people described in the language of math. Head count. Full-time equivalents. Resources. Seats to fill. We talk about the bodies we need, the “bench” we are building, and the boxes on the organizational chart. Somewhere in all that accounting, the person disappears. He becomes a line … Read more

An article in Harvard Business Review reported that, according to research, to realize a truly satisfying life, three things are needed: achievement, meaningfulness, and joy. This study found, however, that while all three are important, the most elusive is joy. How can we better understand and experience more joy? Life outside of work. The first insight in the article, “How … Read more

Usually, voices in your head are not a good thing, but I have learned about two that are reliable. For planning and strategy, two “voices” we should listen to – in balance – are thoughtfulness and humility. Thoughtfulness. The main idea is: Do not be impulsive and superficial in the planning and pursuit of your vision. … Read more

Perseverance. We could cite many ingredients that contribute to success, for individuals as well as businesses and organizations, but one common contributing factor is perseverance. Whether for acquiring skills for a specific job, building a career, developing a product or service, or receiving recognition that results in promotions and pay increases, perseverance is invaluable. We … Read more

It is Monday. The quarterly numbers are bad. A key client just walked. The team is running on fumes. And somewhere underneath the pressure to perform, to close, to prove yourself, a question surfaces that most marketplace leaders won’t say out loud: “Can I trust God when everything looks like this? Like failure?” The apostle … Read more

Have you noticed how angry people seem to be these days? Protesters yelling at each other on public streets and sidewalks. News commentators on TV and radio shouting to get their points across, often rudely interrupting guests who disagree with them. Social media spewing antagonism to people, individuals, and groups that offer different perspectives and … Read more

In the marketplace, we talk a lot about leadership. In reality, however, much of our daily life centers around serving – where we work, in our homes with our families, our neighborhoods, with those for whom we are responsible, and the churches we attend. In many cases, these involve endless routines in which we organize … Read more

Most professionals measure their worth by output. Deals closed. Projects shipped. Inboxes emptied. We live inside metrics and deadlines, and somewhere along the way, we start to believe everything depends on us. If we do not show up, the whole thing stalls. If we do not produce, nothing moves. That lie does not stay at … Read more