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March 2011

March 25, 2011

How To Know When You’ve Finally Arrived

I once heard a story about Henry Kissinger falling asleep in the middle of a...

March 21, 2011

All the Leadership Advice You Will Ever Need

For all of you aspiring leaders out there, let’s just cut the crap and get...

March 10, 2011

The Short Shelf Life of Your Spring Break

I am leaving soon for vacation, and decided this would also be a good time to take...

March 04, 2011

What To Do When You Are Completely Overwhelmed at Work

This post was published at Christianity Today's Faithintheworkplace.com earlier this week, which I thought makes it worthy of a repost...

March 01, 2011

Is There a Better Version of You Out There Somewhere?

My wife and I were enjoying a relaxing Sunday afternoon last weekend when the conversation turned to...

February 2011

February 21, 2011

Shut Up and Start Using Your Spiritual Imagination

For years I have been complaining bitterly about the great divide between church and work....

February 16, 2011

How Mindfulness Can Help You Be a Better Leader

A couple of years ago, I began making some lame attempts at meditation, mostly in...

February 11, 2011

In Praise of Marriage as Spiritual Therapy

This past year my beautiful wife and I celebrated twenty-five years of marriage. That is...

February 08, 2011

The Harsh Reality of Being a Christian Business Leader

I usually don’t pay much attention to those dime-a-dozen reality shows sweeping the prime time...

February 01, 2011

The Happiest Employee on Earth

There’s a bright yellow band of construction tape blocking the administrative entrance to my company’s...

January 2011

January 28, 2011

How to Know If You Are Doing A Good Job

Last Friday I spent a couple of hours thinking about my job instead of actually...

January 25, 2011

Your Artisanal Life

I was gunning across town the other day on the way to my next meeting,...

January 19, 2011

How To Generate Productive Conflict at Work

My colleagues and I are trying to generate more conflict in our meetings at work....

January 14, 2011

Finding Balance in a Full Speed Life

My daughter went on her first professional interview earlier this week. I had made arrangements for...

January 11, 2011

Believers Need Not Apply

A couple of weeks ago The New York Times reported that an astronomer from the...

January 07, 2011

The Spiritual Value of Boredom

A young man from South America stayed as a guest with my family during the Christmas Holidays. It was...

January 02, 2011

My Blog Stats for 2010

I met up with a non-blogger friend of mine last month for breakfast, and the...

December 2010

December 30, 2010

How Are You Planning to Grow in 2011?

Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald’s, is famously quoted as saying, “When you’re green you’re...

December 27, 2010

Six Ways to Take Your Micro-Sabbatical (A “Best of 2010” Repost)

I am just now noticing how severely neglectful I have been over this blog lately....

December 19, 2010

What’s the Difference Between Ethics and Integrity?

Every few months I am asked to address the High Potential Leaders’ group in our...

December 13, 2010

Attention Overachievers: You Have Permission to Let Go

I can’t imagine what has happened to all of the slouches. Almost everyone I know...

December 07, 2010

How to Say ‘Good Job!’ in Plain English

There are many things to admire about the British, the most obvious being their attractive...

November 2010

November 30, 2010

Real Executives Don’t Blog

I went out to breakfast last week with some middle-aged man-friends from my church, and...

November 26, 2010

Five Reasons Why Asking Questions Is Good For Your Career

As our world continues to shift from a product economy to a knowledge economy, a...

November 19, 2010

Are You Faking Your Own Leadership?

Last week while I was in San Diego, I met up with my blogging friend Matthew...

November 16, 2010

You Can’t Compete With Grace

Last week I attended a Strategy conference featuring some fancy Harvard Business School professors at...

November 09, 2010

The Four Stages of a Leader’s Spiritual Growth

I know a gentleman who runs a major division of a global firm. He is...

November 06, 2010

The Twidiot’s Guide to Twitter Etiquette: Essential Do’s and Dont’s

I figured it was time to brush this off and give it another whirl. Repost...

November 02, 2010

A Leader’s First Lesson In Self-Awareness: Shut Up and Listen

There was an article in last Sunday’s New York Times business section about Evan Williams,...

October 2010

October 28, 2010

Do I Sound Too Arrogant? Your Feedback, Please

A few weeks ago I attended a writer’s workshop at Laity Lodge in Texas. The...

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