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January 2022

January 20, 2022

Culture is the Character of an Organization

I have always been a bit of a loner. I hated group projects in school...

January 11, 2022

Is Purpose Created or Discovered?

We work with a lot of different organizations. No matter where they are in terms...

December 2021

December 07, 2021

Barometers for Success

We all want success. One hundred percent of human beings are chasing after success. Gandhi,...

October 2021

October 19, 2021

Laying Tracks for Meaning and Success

When I was in high school, I went to see a chiropractor. I was captain...

October 07, 2021

Making and Using Emotions

Where do emotions come from? How are they born, reared, and pushed from the nest?...

September 2021

September 02, 2021

The Purposes of Celebrating Work

When I was a kid, I had no idea what Labor Day was about. It...

August 2021

August 19, 2021

What Are You Setting Aside?

Recently, I was sharing with some friends of mine about how I often feel “set...

August 10, 2021

Time is Money

One of the most popular sayings in modern culture is “time is money”. We use...

April 2021

April 15, 2021

Tax Day: God and Money

The famous verse in The Bible claims that we cannot serve both God and money....

April 13, 2021

Reaching for the Top Branches

We have a tendency to reach for the lowest hanging fruit. Whatever is easiest, serves...

January 2021

January 19, 2021

Why Morals Are Not Enough

American society is in a right-and-wrong tug-o-war. We are wrestling with one another. We are...

December 2020

December 31, 2020

My Favorite Day of the Year

Although there is very little to it, as far as “holidays” go, my favorite day...

December 15, 2020

Mission or Money

So, let’s be honest. We are all holding onto a secret hope. We want to...

December 10, 2020

The Breakdown Between What We Profess to Value and What We Actually Do

Conventional wisdom goes something like this: if your actions don’t match what you profess to...

September 2020

September 08, 2020

What Questions Are You Asking Yourself

From the time we are babies, we are asking questions of the world around us....

September 03, 2020

The Value of Work

Too often, we view work as an obligation. A means to an end. A way...

July 2020

July 28, 2020

The Spinning Plates of Purpose

Life is a game of spinning plates. We are all like a circus octopus trying...

April 2020

April 23, 2020

Why Prioritizing Is Harder Than It Sounds

For most of my adult life, one of the most repeated suggestions I receive when...

April 21, 2020

How To Interact With The Earth

It may not be the sexiest of holidays, but Earth Day has a strange way...

March 2020

March 26, 2020

The Two Universal Values

For the last three years, Kylie and I have been traveling the world, training groups...

March 17, 2020

St. Patrick and the Power of Celebration

One of the things we have discovered when working with organizations around the world is...

March 12, 2020

The Culture of A Family

Your family has a culture. What is it? How did it develop? Is it possible...

February 2020

February 18, 2020

The Role of the President

With Presidents’ Day coming to a close and the election cycle reaching its climax this...

January 2020

January 14, 2020

How To Weigh Your Options

All of life is about choice. We cannot control all of the consequences of our...

January 01, 2020

The Art of Dreaming

All of us have dreams. There are things we want to do, opportunities we want...

November 2019

November 29, 2019

How to Navigate Shame in Culture and Community

Shame is a powerful force in our modern world. It prevents behavior by terrorizing our...

November 27, 2019

4 Ways to Communicate Value

Deep down, there are particular things each of us care about. We call them values. It...

November 04, 2019

How Do We Say What Matters?

Every man, woman, and child has a secret place within them where they store their...

November 01, 2019

What Will You Do With An Extra Hour?

We have a woman in our community group who is fond of lamenting, “We made...

October 2019

October 28, 2019

Keeping Count

One easy way to get a sense of what we value is to take notice...