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October 2021

October 14, 2021

Where Have All the Shepherds Gone?

Nobody wants to be a sheep. It is one of the most pungent accusations we...

February 2021

February 23, 2021

Three Kinds of Leaders

In our work with The Crossroad, we have discovered that people have very diverse ideas of...

July 2020

July 09, 2020

The Best Leaders Don’t Make Anyone Do Anything

One of the great challenges we face in our leadership training seminars is the motivation...

October 2019

October 02, 2019

Who Are You Willing To Follow?

We are all trying to lead. We want to be the boss. The one in...

August 2019

August 12, 2019

What Really Matters?

We have become experts at avoidance. Our ability to avoid is so thorough and so...

August 09, 2019

Just a Little Scared

We recently went to the doctor for a yearly check up and found out my...

August 07, 2019

Belonging is a Two-Way Street

We often talk about how much we want to belong. There is a clear desire...

July 2019

July 17, 2019

What Does Their Talent Say About You?

Have you ever been standing next to a friend and someone comes up to them...

July 15, 2019

How to Destroy an Idol

By definition, an idol is something that is not true. Something to which we allow...

March 2019

March 22, 2019

The Stories We Chose to Tell

For a couple years, we have been working with Servant Leadership talking about the cross-section of character...

January 2019

January 21, 2019

Can Anyone Be A Leader?

As we’ve traveled around the country doing leadership training, we read lots of books on...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

The Proper Response When I Don’t Get My Way

It happens every day in a thousand different ways. My spouse doesn’t give me the...

October 24, 2018

Why Influence Is More Powerful Than Position

There are a lot of different ways to do leadership. The arena is vast and...

October 17, 2018

The Lost Potential of the Mission Statement

I’m sitting in a Brooklyn coffee shop today. It is a typical place. Trendy; busy....

October 03, 2018

Everyone is a Leader

When we think about the word leader, we often think about it as a prize....

August 2018

August 29, 2018

The Difference Between A Rest Day and An Off Day

It’s been a long workweek. You’re tired and in need of some rest. Saturday is quickly approaching....

August 10, 2018

How Our Increasingly Transactional Culture is Undermining Relationships

With maxims like ‘what’s in it for me’, ‘I’ll scratch your back if you scratch...

July 2018

July 23, 2018

The Liberating Process of Setting Boundaries for Myself

Freedom is an important value for all of us. We were not meant to be...

July 04, 2018

Are You Living Like A King?

Recently, a friend pointed out just how much we live like kings. In a world...

June 2018

June 13, 2018

So You Wanna Be An Alpha?

We all want to be ‘top dog’. We fight and scratch and claw to get...

June 11, 2018

Why Taking Responsibility is Vital for Leadership

Perhaps the greatest obstacle for leaders is a mental one. We fight so hard for positional...

June 08, 2018

4 Steps to Adult Friendship

It’s no secret that significant community for young adults is a challenge. Everyone is focused...

June 06, 2018

The 5 (Types of) People that Influence You

We live in a world where we are constantly bumping up against people and ideas....

May 2018

May 28, 2018

5 Approaches to Conflict

Conflict is an inevitable part of human relationship. It’s extremely valuable for developing intimacy and...

April 2018

April 25, 2018

The Easily-Overlooked Truth in James Comey’s New Book

While there has been plenty of talk about former FBI-Director James Comey’s book, A Higher...

April 18, 2018

The Easy Perspective Shift That Will Transform Your Life

We live in a crowded world. There are things that happen around us every day....

April 11, 2018

Balance is the Key to Everything

When I think about my life, there are few things that seem more important than...

March 2018

March 30, 2018

The Frightening Process of Empowering Our Kids

Parenting is enough to drive anyone crazy. Trying to raise good kids is an almost...

March 09, 2018

An Invitation To Change

I spend a lot of my life feeling like something just isn’t quite right....

March 07, 2018

How Personal Boundaries Can Expand your Freedom

We typically view boundaries as a hindrance to our freedom. We define freedom in terms...