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October 2015

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...

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 04, 2015

What Are You Afraid Of? Don’t Let Your Fears Hold Back Your Dreams

When I was twenty years old I had an intense interest in songwriting. I wanted...

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 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...

October 2014

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...

April 2013

April 08, 2013

Are You Dealing with Complexity, Ambiguity and Uncertainty? Join the Club.

There is a saying here at my company: we like to see managers get “bloodied up...

November 2012

November 20, 2012

Feeling Beat Up at Work? Give Yourself a Pep Talk!

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

July 2011

July 19, 2011

The Five Rules of Spiritual Engagement at Work

For many of us, connecting work with spiritual life is an elusive quest. A few...

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 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...

October 2010

October 11, 2010

Nosebleed Alert! Famous Harvard Business Professor Links Up To My Post

Finally, my blogging career can rest in peace, knowing it has achieved the pinnacle of...

May 2010

May 17, 2010

Spiritual Breakthroughs in Difficult Work Situations – Part 2

For the past several weeks, I have been leading a team in a transformational project pivotal...

May 14, 2010

Spiritual Breakthroughs in Difficult Work Situations – Part 1

We all run into prickly thickets from time to time as we are charging hard down the path...

May 08, 2010

You Have the Right To Make Mistakes, Lose Everything and Start Over

A few weeks ago I took my little family into Philadelphia for a day...

March 2010

March 02, 2010

Deeply Disturbed

A friend of mine owns a company, and his employees get a little on edge when they...

February 2010

February 16, 2010

How to Get Unstuck

Yesterday, when I made my usual stop for morning coffee at Starbucks, I was greeted by a...

January 2010

January 07, 2010

Here Come the Communion Wafer Wars! (And You Thought Your Business Was Cutthroat?)

Churches across the land are all in a quandary upon the unfortunate onset of the...

September 2009

September 13, 2009

Everything Looks Like a Failure When You Are in the Middle

I have a friend who jokes that he’s going to quit his executive position and...

June 2009

June 25, 2009

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

Several months ago I posted an article called, “It’s Okay to Feel Stupid Sometimes.” In...

May 2009

May 11, 2009

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...

March 2009

March 11, 2009

Black Swans and Defining Moments of Your Career – Part 1

If you took away the ten best days of the stock market's history over the...

February 2009

February 21, 2009

What Are You Afraid Of? Don’t Let Your Fears Hold Back Your Dreams

When I was twenty years old I had an intense interest in songwriting. I wanted...

February 07, 2009

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...

December 2008

December 09, 2008

Forgetting to Remember God – 3

(Continued from previous post) This was not a small deal I was working on, mind...