Leading by Serving

January 15, 2016

Twenty Questions

One of the most common management practices is to enter the office of your report and after a few little icebreakers, begin to fire off the questions: Is the project on schedule? Have you handled the budget overrun? Were you able to engage a vendor yet? Did you fix the issue with the client? And […]
December 30, 2015

The Hero and the Villain

A good action movie or a novel generally has these roles. The villian is the dark and scheming character who is struggling to get what he wants in an unscrupulous way. The hero is the character who is on the right side of things. The hero struggles with the villain and his schemes and works […]
November 30, 2015

The Real Reason We Haven’t Cured Cancer

I am sure that you have been touched by the tragic effects of cancer. My mother passed away at the age of 49 from lung cancer. This was certainly one of the low times of my life. I couldn’t understand how it could happen. She wasn’t able to see her grandchildren grow up or be […]
November 25, 2015

My Thankgiving List

Oh Thanksgiving! A time to be thankful for all of the blessings of life. Family, friends, stuff. Thanksgiving has always been a favorite of mine. We have so much to be thankful for, but here is different kind of list of personal things that have made me happy this year! Coffee: Had to start with […]
November 13, 2015

The F Word

When I was in high school I remember sitting frozen by the phone thinking about all the things that could go wrong. Would I be rejected? Would she laugh at me? Would she make me feel foolish? Would everyone hear about it and think I was crazy? Was I overstepping my boundaries? […]
November 4, 2015

Are Your Best Employees About To Leave?

I don’t typically post articles but here is a great article from Inc. Magazine. I could relate to most of these at one time or another in my career. This may be a great time for you to examine the conditions in your company and reflect on the value of your key employees! Most companies […]
October 22, 2015

Chicken Leader

I used to work for a boss who believed that the best way to find an employee’s capacity was to continue to pile on the work until they said “uncle”. I thought that it was pretty cruel and also not very smart as the overloaded employee was likely to make some mistakes that would need […]
September 12, 2015

Dancing with the King!

I recently lost a friend named Pete to cancer. He fought very hard against the disease and we prayed very hard that the Lord would heal him. Yet, the Lord had other plans. He chose to take Peter home. Pete was known to get up during worship at church and dance a bit as an […]
September 8, 2015

Cleaning the Toilets

There are always the unpleasant jobs. The jobs that don’t bring you any accolades. The ones that are not seen. The unpleasant jobs that have no reward. Who does those jobs? Few will do those jobs. I have been doing the tough jobs since my father taught me what work is really all about. The […]
August 29, 2015

Money Wart

I grew up in the construction business- literally. My father had a subcontracting business and fact that he was in the construction business affected many things growing up. He would be fixated on the weather. The weather determined the schedule and a large portion of his life. Also as business was good and bad it […]