After many years working in the communications department, I was promoted to lead the team. I was ecstatic. Finally, I could pursue the projects I wanted in the way that I wanted. But my immaturity quickly tripped me up. I launched changes that confused and upset team members and did little more than advance ...

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As a member of my church denomination’s outreach committee, I was expected to take a mission trip to see our contributions at work. Although I had asked to visit a project in Europe, a late change redirected me to Venezuela, a country for which I had no interest or understanding. Praying furiously to God ...

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If you’ve been a leader for long, you’ve likely experienced customers or past employees sharing negative things about you and or your business. For those who take things personally, or are overly sensitive, these unkind attacks can be devastating. The challenge is to discern what criticism is legitimate versus complaints that are not helpful. These ...

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While many prepare for year-end festivities, many generous entrepreneurs are examining their estimated bottom-line profit for the past year. These men and women are making decisions on how to minimize taxes and how much to give to charity. Doublethedonation.com claims that 10% of annual charitable giving comes in the last three days of the ...

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As many Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion departments across Corporate America dissolve, many may wonder how we arrived here. Many policies were established with the sincere desire of offering better treatment and opportunity to minorities who had experienced injustice. However, many non-minority competent people were passed over for jobs, resulting in claims and lawsuits from those ...

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Years ago, Michael Gerber wrote a popular book called E-Myth. The primary premise behind the book is that many entrepreneurs work hard at their craft, but they’re not always adept at developing systems and processes. This results in many entrepreneurs working harder, but not smarter. Which is often why franchises succeed more frequently than ...

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Have you ever wondered why sometimes your career or business is prosperous, while other times, you may struggle to survive? Recently, in my Bible study, I came across a verse that gave me a fresh perspective on the roller coaster ride of life. King Solomon, the most prosperous man on earth, wrote in Ecclesiastes ...

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The story of Ezra and Nehemiah highlights the concept of a visionary and an integrator, a core premise to Gino Wickham’s book, Rocket Fuel. Ezra had a vision for Jerusalem. He desired to turn Jerusalem into a vibrant community that knew God’s commands and lived by them. For thirteen years, Ezra experienced some successes but ...

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