We Are The Average Of Our Five Closest Friends
It has often been said that we are the average of our five closest friends. I do not know if actual data can back up ...
Investing Time To Care, Listen And Connect
Having spent the entirety of my career in communications – first as a newspaper editor, then magazine editor, director of publications and communications, and book ...
Considerations Before Closing A Business
We all would like to think that following the Bible’s high standards of doing business always result in success, but that is not reality. It ...
Bringing The Awe Of Creation Into The Workplace
Mental and emotional health increasingly are reasons for great concern for every aspect of life. Especially for the demanding, high-pressure, fast-paced global marketplace. The causes ...
We Are All ‘Under The Influence’ – Choose Good Ones
One of the worst things that can happen while operating a motor vehicle is to be cited for driving “under the influence.” This usually refers ...
A Much-Needed Fresh Leadership Perspective
Entrepreneurs and small business owners – even leaders at midsize and large companies – tend to suffer from the same problem: They want to control ...
The Illusion Of Communication
Early in my banking career, I had the difficult task of communicating to one of our customers that our loan committee had decided to decline ...
How Love Can Propel Your Business
What would be the primary traits you would consider essential for effective leadership? Would you include qualities such as vision, courage, determination, perseverance, charisma, communication ...
Have You Considered What Is True Success?
What is your definition for ‘success’? If we were to conduct a survey of 1,000 people in the marketplace, we probably would find the word ...
Executive Summary Of The Sermon On The Mount
I love when a proven leader delivers a distilled executive summary or brief with points or principles you can quickly understand. This is one reason ...
Making Peace In The Face Of Hostility
Recently, I received a call from a former work colleague whom I had not heard from in years. He quickly launched into an angry tirade ...
What Travel Agents And Bankers Have In Common
We all, in one way or another, have dealt with bankers. Probably on both personal and professional levels. Many of us also have had dealings ...
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