Love is not only appropriate at work, it's essential. Strategy, leadership, competitive edge, systems, vision, marketing savvy, industry expertise, strong financial management, integrity, teamwork, communications, relationships - these are all elements of...
Henry Kaestner, co-founder and executive chairman of Bandwidth.com, is a good model for how to think about balance. Bandwidth.com was the fourth-fastest growing privately held company in the country from 2003 through 2007. Kaestner, who served as CEO from...
Each day you go to work, your head is probably filled with all that you have to tackle along with unresolved issues from the day before. Meanwhile, there are people in the cubicle or office right next to you, people you interact with online or on the phone...
"In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” – Matthew 5:16 (NIV) John Maxwell writes that “leadership is influence; nothing more, nothing less.” Think about some of the greatest...
Do I have what it takes? I've asked this many times as I experience a new season of deep growth and change. In the last six months, I have graduated from college, lost and gained friendships, moved into my first place and jumped into my first career. As I...
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. (Proverbs 11:3) Do you use your company values on your faith-and-work journey? Several months ago I wrote a post about using your company values as a means...
We've all heard the phrase "Bloom where you're planted," but what do you do when your job makes you feel as though you're a withering weed? Bureaucracy, work overload, difficult team members, bosses or clients - these are all just a handful of things that...
All of us have a father. And all of us have (or had) unique relationships with our father. Some are very, very close relationships. Some are estranged with no relationship at all. Most lay somewhere in between those two extremes. I meet with my mentor once...
When Mike Thompson and I wrote Forging Grit, a fictional story that illustrates this critical quality for leadership success, here’s how we defined it: Grit is a passion for getting something done and the fortitude to see it through even when obstacles seem...
Servant leadership is a term often used to describe serving others while leading. While some might say the term is an oxymoron and has ambiguous meaning, I’d like to share how I saw this practically lived out. Two weeks ago, we hosted our largest event of...
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