3 Skills Millennials can learn to distinguish themselves in the marketplace “Call him.” “I sent him a message.” “That’s not good enough. Give him a call.” One of my clients, a young millennial man, just didn’t see the need to make the phone call. The text should be enough, shouldn’t it? Today, when someone says […]
Change this 1 thing to develop healthy adult children
The biggest obstacle to your child’s independence. “The person who hated it the most was my mom.” What was this dastardly “it” my student was talking about? Let me set this up properly. I currently give a large portion of my time to working with university students. Because everyone bombs an assignment or two, I […]
The Failed Promise of Relevance.
Another article floating around the internet, being shared ad-nausea by everyone tired for old ways of “doing” church. Change your music! Target young people! Be more relevant! Shorten your services! Out with the old, in with the new! Be more relevant! And “If you don’t like it, serve in the nursery!” You had your time, […]
43 Life Lessons from Bible characters.
Birthday’s are times for reflection for me. I want to continue to learn. Here’s 43 things I learned from Bible characters. 1. Joseph: Forgive by don’t forget. Reconciliation should only come when change has happened. 2. Jesus: Presence is the greatest gift you can give. 3. Jacob: Running from your problems only delays the inevitable […]
Why Colin Kaepernick’s stand won’t change anything
Colin Kaepernick sat during the national anthem. In our nation, that is your right. In Mozambique, during the civil war, students had to make decision of standing and saluting the flag, or running for their lives while bullets flew. Not standing at attention was against the law. Right or wrong, disrespectful or otherwise, this is not […]
Hillsong’s Naked Cowboy Fiasco, and the leadership quandary.
The internet, a least the internet that cares about such things, blew up last week when someone posted video of a youth pastor from Hillsong New York jumping around on stage dressed as “the Naked Cowboy” (who by the way, wasn’t naked but certainly was appropriately dressed.) “Ah ha! See, we told you Hillsong is […]
A genius parenting hack applied to business.
I wrote yesterday about my dad’s accidental parenting genius. By asking his kids which movies he should see, my dad not only empowered us with decisions that impacted our lives, but also decisions that impacted his life. He trusted us to maintain his integrity. In business, it may be easy to empower employees to most decisions […]
Accidental parenting genius
My parents are great. Loving, affirming, invested, they were great. Not perfect though. They were still annoying, out of touch, awkward and all those things that good parents are required to be by some strange law of nature. Take for instance my dad. Dad doesn’t go to movies, but he likes to watch them at […]
5 gifts that will revolutionize your marriage and your husband
What do I get for the guy who has everything? Mother’s Day is a national holiday. Father’s day is a national disaster. To succeed at being a mom, you need to show up and love. To succeed as a dad, you’ve got to be much more. Provider, protection, fountain of wisdom, strong but gentle, bold […]
The Myth of 100% BUY IN-but how to get close.
The OPT OUT versus OPT IN leadership dilemma Buy in. Though it may not be the Holy Grail of team leadership, it certainly is in the treasure room. Leaders want “buy in.” If the team owns the idea, if the company or the organization moves to a place of consensus, synergy happens, movement happens, and lots of good […]