Overcoming Life’s Disappointments: Part Two

Overcoming Life’s Disappointments: Part Two

Last week, I covered how we can carry disappointments around with us, and the first five steps to overcoming disappointment.ย By nature, we have a lot of expectations as human beings. But unfortunately, these often go unmet and can leave us with emotional scars if we...
Overcoming Life’s Disappointments: Part One

Overcoming Life’s Disappointments: Part One

Last week, we talked about how disappointment can follow us around. But how do we defeat it? We want to bring disappointment to an utter end so that it will not rise up again. Disappointments in life will still occur, but we don’t need to succumb to a spirit of...
Strong Leaders Learn to Overcome Disappointment

Strong Leaders Learn to Overcome Disappointment

When I was in high school in the early 1970’s, it was an “in” thing to sneak up on peopleย and punch them in the arm with your middle finger bent over into a pointed position. Thisย would cause the muscleย in the arm to form a bump and begin to twitch...
Time Management in Leadership: 4 People You Lead

Time Management in Leadership: 4 People You Lead

If youโ€™re not careful, the position of leadership can be emotionally, physically and spiritually exhausting to you. One major thing that can help is to intentionally choose whom to spend your time with. There are four people groups that leaders find themselves working...
Leadership and Teamwork in Myers Briggs

Leadership and Teamwork in Myers Briggs

Last week we talked about creatively adapting to a work environment that might not match our personality preferences (which you can read about here). This week, I want to talk about how, as a leader, we can adapt the work environment to include a variety of people....
4 Leadership Lessons from our Founding Fathers

4 Leadership Lessons from our Founding Fathers

Somehow, July 4th has surprised us. It seems like yesterday we were celebrating 2015’s arrival, and today, halfway to 2016, we celebrate the United States.ย Today we remember that we are a nation founded not only by ideals but by brave, fierceย leaders. So who...
How to Handle Criticism

How to Handle Criticism

My friendย Glenn Shafferย is a leader who, like all leaders, has had his fair share of dealing with criticism. But heย has worked to handleย criticism with graceโ€”a lesson most leaders need to learn! After my series on handling criticism, I’m hoping that you will...
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