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November 2015

November 10, 2015

Are You Constantly Trading Up, or Living in the Moment?

I have been thinking a lot lately about excellence. Not just at work, but in...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

The Ultimate Advice for Aspiring Leaders: 6 Non-Negotiables

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

August 28, 2015

How to Not Suck as a Leader

This Blog’s tag line says “Connecting Business Life with Spiritual Life.” Sometimes I stick very...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

How to Know When You’ve Finally Arrived

Here is an excerpt teaser from my e-book, At Work as it is in Heaven. You...

April 2015

April 03, 2015

Want to Create Your Dream Life? Write it Down.

I was cleaning out the basement last weekend when I turned my attention to an old file cabinet perched...

March 2015

March 22, 2015

Through God You Will Do Valiantly

I have been thinking lately about excellence. Not just at work, but in every area...

March 08, 2015

A Baffling Conversation with an Inappropriate, Foul-Mouthed, Pompous Christian Business Owner (Or is it Just Me?)

There is this gentlemen - I’ll call him Ray Smith- who was a prominent business owner...

February 2015

February 08, 2015

Five Things to Stop Doing in 2015

Strategy consultant Dorie Clark wrote an intriguing post a couple years ago at Harvard Business Review blogs presenting somewhat...

November 2014

November 14, 2014

Are You Going to Stay Stuck, or Are You Going to Fight?

Every great story, every hero, every inspiring moment is born out of adversity and perseverance....

November 01, 2014

Don’t Expect God to do Your Grunt Work

I was privy to a conversation involving a mentor and his coaching subject, a mid-level manager....

August 2014

August 10, 2014

You Can’t Compete with Grace

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

July 2014

July 09, 2014

How to Not Suck as a Leader

So much has been written on the subject of leadership over the past thirty years...

June 2014

June 23, 2014

Shrinking the Camel is BACK!

Hello Friends. Well. It’s been a while. How have you been? You may or may...

May 2013

May 07, 2013

Be the Best (Insert Your Name Here) You Can Be

Last week I attended a meeting where a very famous sports broadcaster gave a motivational...

April 2013

April 15, 2013

The Thrill of Getting Published is Far Greater Than Actually Selling Any Books

A couple weeks ago I received a royalty check from the publisher of my e-book,...

February 2013

February 08, 2013

Maybe You’re Not Cut Out to be a Boss

Over the past four years of blogging, I have harped quite a lot on the...

February 05, 2013

Busted! Are You Stealing from Your Company?

At my bank Board meeting last week, the Chairman grimly announced that fraud has increased...

January 2013

January 01, 2013

Five Ways to Avoid Blogging Burnout

Last year I decided to subscribe to a new-ish blogger who was addressing workplace management...

December 2012

December 11, 2012

I’m Getting Too Old for This – Part 2

Continued from the previous post. Here is the truth about me, as I’ve gotten older:...

December 07, 2012

I’m Getting Too Old for This

I met up with an old business colleague while in New York City for a...

November 2012

November 26, 2012

Letters to Me: Conversations with a Younger Self

The following is an excerpt from a piece I contributed to a book compiled and...

September 2012

September 25, 2012

Can Art Make Workers Happier?

I decided to spruce up my drab office with a colorful and enigmatic modern art...

August 2012

August 21, 2012

How to Know When You’ve Finally Arrived

Here is an excerpt teaser from my e-book, At Work as it is in Heaven....

July 2012

July 31, 2012

Coming to Terms with the Limits of Your Strengths

I always wanted to be extraordinarily good at something. Not just as in, “Great job,...

July 20, 2012

I’d Like to Rip Off this Photo, But Now I Know Better

Some of you may remember this photo from several years ago as the image for my blog....

July 10, 2012

Personal vs. Professional Boundaries: Why I Used a Pen Name for Five Years

Last week I announced the startling blog-revelation that I had been writing under the pen...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Some Good News (My First E-Book!) and Some Weird News (Say Goodbye to Bradley…)

First, the good news: Patheos Press has just released my first e-book. Finally! You’re thinking....

June 05, 2012

How One Hour a Day Can Change Your Life

What if you committed just one hour a day to work on that dream project...

May 2012

May 03, 2012

Working Too Many Hours is Sick. Literally.

A new study was reported recently in the Wall Street Journal which followed the exploits...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Becoming a Fully Present Leader

Next week, May 6 and 7, I will be participating in the fourth annual Leadership &...