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November 2015

November 13, 2015

Scared of Layoffs? Take Some Advice from Jesus.

Guest Blog posting today by Executive Leadership Coach, Dr. Stephen Payne. Even with a steady...

November 04, 2015

Respect the Right People

Guest post by leadership coach and author, Dr. Stephen Payne. Charlie comes walking towards me...

October 2015

October 24, 2015

Who Would Jesus Fire?

I have to fire Todd. His leadership performance has tanked for the past few years and...

October 21, 2015

Are You Feeling Stupid At Work? I’m Here to Help.

A while ago I posted an article called, “It’s Okay to Feel Stupid Sometimes.” In it...

October 19, 2015

When Jesus Was a Consultant

I worked as a management consultant for fifteen years before settling down with the company...

October 05, 2015

God, Paradox and the Science of Grace (Part 1)

My CFO, Drew, and I have coined a term that we use quite a bit...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Confessions of a Mad Journalist (Part 2): Overcoming the Fear of Failure

Continued from previous post Oftentimes, my journal acted as a sounding board for my career –...

September 02, 2015

Are You Dealing with Complexity, Ambiguity and Failure? Congratulations. And Welcome to the Real World.

We have a saying here at my company: we like to see managers get “bloodied...

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...

August 25, 2015

Forgetting to Remember God (#4 in a series)

Continued from the previous post and the one before that and the one before that. So...

August 23, 2015

Forgetting to Remember God (#3 in a series)

Continued from the previous post and the one before that. This was not a small...

May 2015

May 23, 2015

The Myth of Calling

When I was nineteen years old, I wanted more than anything else in the world...

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 29, 2015

Tired of the Treadmill? Here’s How to Turbocharge Your Goals

I once worked with an organization that was not quite as focused as it should...

March 02, 2015

You Won’t be an Effective Leader if You are Too Busy Trying to Be Someone Else

My friend, a high-level manager at a financial services firm, confided he felt as if he were leading...

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...

January 2015

January 25, 2015

It’s Okay to Feel Stupid Sometimes

Have you ever been in a meeting, minding your own business, maybe thinking about what ...

January 17, 2015

The Secret Art of Reinventing Yourself

Eighth grade is typically a harsh year for pre-teens, and mine was no exception. I was...

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....

October 2014

October 22, 2014

What is Your “One Thing?”

My wife and I took a trip to Nantucket recently to celebrate our anniversary. We...

October 06, 2014

Why Being Vulnerable is Good for Business

I once attended a meeting where a professional services firm was making a pitch to...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Don’t Mistake Doing What You Love with Doing What’s Important

A few months ago, my wife texted me, “Don’t forget to buy Megamillions tickets!:)” Upon...

September 12, 2014

How to Lead With Confidence in a Company that Stabs People in the Back

Years ago, I worked for a computer maintenance company, leading a team of college students...

September 10, 2014

Is Work a Curse, or Inherently Good?

I recently overheard a conversation where a middle-aged, mothering woman was asking a scrappy-headed and pockmark-faced...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

Are You Supposed to Know ‘God’s Will’ for your Job?

The other day my friend asked a rather blunt and personal question: “Do you think...

August 19, 2014

Feeling Beat Up at Work? Three Great Ways to Manage Yourself Through the Stress

A friend confided that, lately, he goes home from work every day feeling like a...

August 10, 2014

You Can’t Compete with Grace

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

August 02, 2014

Got the Job, But Not the Dream. Now What?

After two years of unemployment, my friend Mark finally landed a sales job. It’s not...