Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions--Niccolo Machiavelli

So do the shadows of our own desires stand between us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed (Charles Dickens,...

Leaders who don't listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say (Andy Stanley). THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES Most...

Leadership focused on the sensual and instinctual encourages self-centeredness, not God-centeredness.

"Why do you do what you do?" Understanding the leader's motivation is key!

These days, a sling of truth can still make Goliath fall (Tom Althouse) Bone of Contention? What is a "bone of contention"? Sounds...

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living (Cicero). I was fifteen years old. My parents had allowed me to leave the...

The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority (Ken Blanchard). As I prepare to leave one position for another in just a...

The faithful Christian leader lives out of identity in Christ and points the flock to do the same.

Managing vs. Leading ... what's the difference?

If you think you’re a leader and you turn around and no one is following you, then you’re simply out for a walk (Anon).   Followership...

What's brown and sticky all over? ……………………………………………………….a STICK! (Sometimes called the world's funniest joke)   Combatting Stress Stress...

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood (Ralph Waldo Emerson). I love to read. There's something about...

Caveat: The following is a hypothetical conversation based upon many I have had over 18 years. "Chaplain," he said when I opened the...

Quite generally, the familiar, just because it is familiar, is not cognitively understood. The commonest way in which we deceive either...

Recognizing the fingerprints of others on our lives!

A bad boss is like a disease of the soul (Chetan Bhagat). Unusual Attitudes Dad was a pilot. As a child and into my late teens, I flew...

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have...

Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen (Louis L'Amour). Tales from the Wild West...

Putting off the problem is poor leadership and forces someone else to pay the price!