Category: leadership

Passion, vision, influence, and character… shared thoughts from twenty-one successful years at the top.

Small Talk…

Call it a vice... or a passion... sometimes my burden. But on any given day there will be two or three occasions that I just have to STOP EVERYTHING and…
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Ask and You Will Receive… Part 4

You know, I had only planned to write three articles on this particular topic, but I want to clarify just one other thought tonight... if only for myself. Earlier this…
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Ask and You Will Receive… Part 3

Okay, so let's set this up. I had just left one appointment last week and was on my way to another. My mind was full of optimism as I considered…
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Ask and You Will Receive… Part 2

It's not about control. Let me put it another way... It's NOT about control. I'm sorry, one more time... IT'S NOT ABOUT CONTROL! So here's my advice... Stop trying to…
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Ask and You Will Receive… Part 1

From the time I was quite young, one of my favorite Scripture verses was one that suggested that we should, ASK, and we'll receive SEEK, and we'll find KNOCK, and…
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Who Needs A Coach Anyway?

For the second time in as many months I have hired a coach, and I am quite close to bringing on a third. Three coaches! What does anyone need with…
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On A Mission From God… :)

  A friend and I were visiting over coffee a few weeks ago in a terrific health-focused restaurant that she had recently purchased. And yes, I actually DO believe that…
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“Just Think Of All The Things…”

It's a kind of ritual that I do periodically... and one that happens most frequently on or around this day each year, on Thanksgiving Day. I gather up thoughts and…
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A Non-Lombardi Moment… Part 2

"This...," my new boss said, "is a phonebook. Now get out and make some sales." As you learned in Part 1, that was it... training over! I didn't know it…
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A Non-Lombardi Moment… Part 1

Many moons ago... heck, many Blue Moons ago... I remember beginning work for a start-up company in town. Well, actually the company had been around for awhile but they were…
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