Why do you work?  Is it for a paycheck and financial security? For something to do? Is it an expression of something that you feel called to do? Does it eradicate a problem that you care about? What is the purpose of work?

Fake accountability throws leaders off and derails team members careers if we don’t recognize it and address it in the moment.  There’s a simple word that a team member can use in a discussion that lets me know that they aren’t taking full responsibili...

You can create power or destruction in your relationships.  The deciding factor on what happens is in how you view those people in your life that you interact with on a regular basis.  Are they a tool that feeds your profits,

When is it good to take the visionary, free spirited entrepreneur and put them in a box? That’s a tough question. In the initial stages of a business, it’s a good idea to say yes more often to get a feel for what your business is and the best way for i...

“Definite speech means clarity of mind” Quote from Cecil and the Shark by Mark Twain The above quote is just one of the many powerful principles shared in the book Hard Truths by author and trainer Michael Tomlin.

The biggest challenge in a growing business is to encourage the owners of the business to rid themselves of good things so that they can do better things.  When you have been successful doing business a certain way,

If you aren’t getting the results that you want in your business, you can do one of two things.  You can look at what didn’t work and make corrections for the next time.  Or, you can make excuses.  The dangerous thing about the latter is that there are...

If leadership were easy then we wouldn’t have the scarcity of great leadership that we have today.  Leadership can be challenging as well as rewarding.  It can feel thankful and thankless.  For some leaders,

For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:14 NIV I wasn’t planning on recording this week’s episode but, in light of recent events, I feel called to lay this message of personal responsbi...

Every leader wants to see their team take ownership.  The hard part is figuring out how to make this transition happen.  Do we intimidate? Threaten? Yell? (Sorry kids) The answers resides within you.  How much of your current situation in business and ...