How To Lead Under Pressure

If there is any weakness in your leadership armor it will surely show up under pressure.  Most of us can lead through normal problems but when a crisis or major stress get involved we fumble the ball.  The post by Brian Dodd brings up some bad memories for this Alabama Read more…

How To Reach Your Goals In 2014

It never ceases to amaze me how many great ideas I have and how many sincere commitments I make only to be reminded a few months later that nothing really changed.  We are often emotionally moved but rarely permanently changed and there are some practical reasons why.  Carey Nieuwhof has Read more…

“If, Then” Marriage Cycle

All marriages are performance based to some degree because we are all human.  However, we should never manipulate change in the other person just to have our needs met.  We need to minister and meet their needs and trust the changing to God.  Mark Merrill has some practical tips on Read more…

The 5 Levels Of Leadership

There is no doubt that people follow their leaders for totally different reasons.  In Good To Great, Jim Collins talks about Level 5 leaders who demonstrate high character and an iron will to get things done.  Positional leadership is the weakest level of commitment and will never be effective.  John Read more…

How To Be Available For Your Teenagers

There may be no more difficult time for parenting than helping your teenagers transition to adulthood.  It really is more about our role as parents changing that theirs.  If your parenting is still mainly instruction and correction based you are headed for a crisis.  Mark Merrill has a helpful post: Read more…

7 Reasons Your Business Is Not Growing

If you are not confronting the brutal facts according to Jim Collins you are just reacting and no longer leading.  Sadly, many times our problems are not external in the marketplace but internal to our organizational culture.  This post by Casey Graham is well work reading: “I talk to a Read more…