Tag: leadership
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Photo Friday: Overwelmed
Here is a picture of a gentleman who is convinced that one trip is much better than four! Do you feel a little like this guy? Carrying the weight of the world on your back? Trying to be supermom, superdad, superfriend, superemployee… The fact is: This never really works! There are consequences. You will suffer…
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Searching for Home
Kathy and I had the privilege to serve in a refugee camp on the Panamanian border. The camp has several hundred Africans and some Pakistanis who are stuck in the camp due to issues with the Nicaraguan government letting them pass through their country. We spent time hearing the stories of their journey through the…
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Photo Friday: Walking in the Clouds
This is a picture I took about 8 years ago in Costa Rica while on a mission trip. I shot this picture while walking on a mountain above the central valley above San Jose on a magical and verdant ridge that connected two mountain tops. Have you ever walked in the clouds? Most folks will…
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Photo Friday: Service and Sacrifice
This picture was taken on the rear patio of the old Officer’s Club at Deer Point (Now called the Bayview Restaurant) at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. As I looked over the bay at the sunset and snapped this photo, I realized that thousands of servicemen and women have stood at this same exact spot…
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Teach, Love, and Peace Will Follow!
This is a guest post from my friend Cristie Powers. She has been serving the homeless, needy, and many others in her neighborhood and her circle of friends for as long as I have known her. Cristie gets it. She knows how important it is to serve others. She is selfless. She is a beautiful…
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Angry, Cool, Weird and Stupid
Ah, here we go again- another election cycle! I used to really enjoy politics. Political science was a favorite of mine in school. I love the unique characteristics of politics and the history that goes along with it. But I can tell you politics is not something I care for anymore. I really dislike the…
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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…
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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?…
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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…
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How to Create a Drama-Free Workplace
Most of us love a good drama at the movies, but not so much at work. Office drama can be draining. It’s hard enough to keep the plates spinning without the added pressure of drama. It seems like finding the right mix of folks is like a science experiment. Unfortunately, in a drama filled environment,…
Leading by Serving 