Authenticity is the factor in your character that helps you live and lead as your true self. Authenticity helps you to make good decisions, influence others, maintain consistent values, convey a sense of purpose, and have a strong self-awareness.

Mark of a Leader: Initiative

Today’s most successful businesses are the result of initiative. If someone has an idea for a product or industry that is markedly different than what currently exists, they hold an opportunity to start something new, disruptive.

Mark of a Leader: Resolve

To resolve is to decide firmly. That decision, whatever it may be, is accompanied by a determination to see it through and to not waiver or stray from the course.

Mark of a Leader: Fidelity

Loyalty is something we expect from pets, but get it less and less from people. Scripture speaks of a higher level of loyalty for the Christ-follower. This deep and abiding trust is a lifelong and continuing obligation—a duty to remain loyal for life.

Mark of a Leader: Longevity

The modern definition of longevity is “a long life.” But a practical understanding is a long and sustained quality of life. That is, to live well and consistently for many years.

The Power of Thank You

What happened to gratitude? Is this change in behavior just our expressions and ways of interaction evolving, or does it reflect something deeper in our culture? Consider that gratitude itself is actually the thing that is fading away.

Mark of a Leader: Honesty

A leader’s foundation is truthfulness. Perhaps this is why the Bible is filled with instruction on honesty. God never lies. Ever. Honestly is the nature of God, Who, in His perfection, is and must be free of deceit.

The Good Fight

As Paul closes his second letter to Timothy, he thinks back over his time in ministry. He ponders his teaching and struggles and travels for the cause of Christ, and declares, “I have fought the good fight…” (2 Timothy 4:7).

Decisions, Decisions

How does a leader make difficult decisions? The Bible gives excellent advice for decision-makers. Through biblical history are many leaders faced with a myriad of challenges and situations. God helps us to make wise decisions.

Stuck

Many of us experience an unnamed phobia, the fear of being unable to move forward—in life, work, marriage, relationships, decisions, whatever. The prospect of change immobilizes us. In a word, we’re stuck.

The New Integrity

This picture of a rhythm giving integrity to the army as they fight is mirrored in our understanding of integrity itself. It is a certain rhythm in life that gives a man integrity—the human quality of living by a firm moral standard.

Countering Cancel Culture

“Cancelling” is the removing of support for a leader or public figure in response to objectionable behavior or opinions. The prevailing thinkers may call upon the offending individual to be fired, de-platformed or put out of business.

Magnetic: How to Attract Good People

What can you do to increase your odds of hiring the people you need to operate and grow your business? Interestingly, the Bible gives us some guiding principles for building a team in the Old Testament book of Nehemiah.

The Problem with Pride

As a leader, pride presents a real problem. It can destroy relationships. It can rob you of the joy of accomplishment. And it can keep you from loving things that are really important in life.

Do You Believe In Team?

A common fail point for teams is lack of clarity. An essential element to good teamwork is trust. We all want to feel safe and secure. We like to know what we commit to and whom we are loyal to.

The Pursuit of Happiness

You are meant to pursue happiness. No, not the possessions, position or profit that you believe will make you happy. Happiness itself is a pursuit, not a destination.

Facing Down Fear

Learning to understand fear, and to face it, is among the most powerful weapons in your leadership arsenal. To do this, you’ll have to tackle something deeply personal, because fear is a function of the mind, and every man’s mind is different, unique.

Communicating Clearly

One of the most interesting aspects of Moses’ and God’s conversations is that they had a specific place to meet, which they called the tent of meeting. We aren’t told who proposed the tent, what it looked like or when Moses started using it. We just know that God had a set-aside meeting place.

Crisis Management

Jonah is not an allegory or a piece of fiction. It is a real story of a real man that actually happened. If Jonah actually happened, then the next question is, what are we supposed to learn from this account?

Transformational Leadership

To find fundamental transformation, we must go back to the original model, the men around the table. Leaders of the faith with a vision for their people, in Christ, being transformed. In Titus, Paul speaks of these men, the elders.

Age of Outrage

Outrage is not only common, it’s contagious. As influencers use various forms of media and the stories of the day to wield social and political power, they rely on the volatility of opinion to shape response.

The Ethical Choice

From Genesis to Revelation, the Creator reveals an ethical code and God-honoring values. Verse after verse show us how to live life, what things we should do, what things we ought not to do.

Restoring Chivalry

When we model Christ’s behavior, we realize our selflessness is not dependent on our spouse’s actions but on our commitment. Their response does not dictate our call. So our selflessness is best displayed when our spouse is being self-centered, irritable, grouchy.

How to Start Over

No matter how good life has been, how successful, how many things have gone your way, we all face times when we want to start over. As leaders, men, fathers and sons, business owners, friends, mentors, peers, we mess up. A lot.

Race and Leadership

Never view a cultural challenge first through a political, emotional or economic lens. As a leader, the issue of racial division in our society is an opportunity to lead. Focus on it then, through your eyes as a leader.

Living a Life of Impact

Even if you have something of value to share, and you grasp the big picture of your leadership potential, and you’re ready to go the distance—there’s one nugget that needs to be in place. You’ll need to know that your life was meant to make a dent in the universe.

Loser: Dealing with Failure

Everyone, at one point or another, is a loser. We all fail. Even the greatest winners in sports, in business, in life, face losses at some point. The longer you live, in fact, the more you will experience failure.

The New Normal

Despite all the experience we now have living through a pandemic, we haven’t come close to figuring out the one thing we all want the answer to: what’s next?

Who Are You Trying to Please?

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