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March 2012

March 20, 2012

The Root of All Envy

I came across a research study the other day linking envy with sabotaging behavior at...

March 03, 2012

Attention Overachievers: You Have Permission to Let Go

I can’t imagine where all of the slouches have gone. Almost everyone I know these days is...

February 2012

February 10, 2012

The Four Phases of a Writer’s Life

I don’t consider myself to be much of a writer, since I barely have time to scratch...

February 03, 2012

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....

January 2012

January 24, 2012

Moving From Either/Or to Both/And

I was festering over a work situation which I instinctively had interpreted as a zero sum...

January 01, 2012

Five Things to Stop Doing in 2012

Strategy consultant Dorie Clark wrote an intriguing post a couple weeks ago at Harvard Business Review...

November 2011

November 21, 2011

Four Reasons Why People Overextend Themselves

Last week I was asked to join yet another committee. I told the inquiring gentleman that I would...

September 2011

September 21, 2011

Reality Check: Leadership is About Power

It might upset some good Christian business leaders to think too much about power. "But...

August 2011

August 22, 2011

Everyone Here Says Hi

By the time you read this, I will be emerging bleary-eyed in London after a red...

August 19, 2011

How I Got a Number One Ranking on Google Search

I recently discovered that one of my blog posts is ranked at the top of a certain...

July 2011

July 28, 2011

Research Says Money Can Lead to Greed. (Duh.)

I once came across this shocking headline: "Cutting Calories Leads to Weight Loss." A well-funded...

July 15, 2011

Blogging is Stupid

So here’s what happens: I’m dreaming up my next brilliant blog post while driving into...

May 2011

May 14, 2011

You’re Not Being Funny Enough

A couple weeks ago I read an interview in the New York Times with comedian...

May 03, 2011

Don’t Let Your Work Kill You

“Good to Great” author Jim Collins tells a story of the former CEO of Gillette,...

April 2011

April 05, 2011

Your Life is Perfect

My management team got together the other day to review our progress on a major corporate...

March 2011

March 29, 2011

Your Company Will Save the World!

Right before I left for my Caribbean cruise earlier this month, I grabbed some magazines piled high...

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...

February 2011

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 11, 2011

Believers Need Not Apply

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

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 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...

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 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...

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...

October 06, 2010

The Word Made Flesh (My Writer’s Retreat at Laity Lodge)

There's this thing that happens when you meet someone for the first time in person,...

October 02, 2010

Greed Never Shuts Up

Last weekend I saw the movie, “Wall Street: Greed Never Sleeps.” I suppose this could have...

September 2010

September 17, 2010

Does Your Boss Make You Feel Stupid? Here Are Some Tips

Every day people land on my Blog by typing this desperate phrase into their Google...