One of the most difficult workplace scenarios I have ever faced has been a passive aggressive colleague. It can feel dreadful interacting with them, whether face to face, through email, on the phone or a video conference. As Christians we are called to turn the other cheek when struck....
We all lose steam at times. Where did our motivation go? Better yet, where did we get it in the first place? And now that it's gone, what can I do to get it back? We know our ambitious goals will take energy. Do we wait for motivation...
Getting ahead in this competitive marketplace means knowing when we aren't adding value. To make the biggest impact, it's important to recognize when we're just waiting tables. For Christians who believe in servant leadership, this goes against our training. After all, aren't we supposed to be willing to do even...
It's really easy to think of catastrophic blunders that bring an immediate end to a job. I imagine punching a boss or embezzling money or drug use at work. That's not what this top-10 list covers. In this video we review those subtle things we do, mostly without even realizing...
In Deuteronomy 29:29 it says "the secret things belong to the Lord." There is a profound wisdom in acknowledging how little we actually know. As a famous theologian named Thomas Watson once said, "The greatest part of our knowledge is not as much as the least part of our...
We all experience negative emotion in the workplace. I think it fair to say we all realize negative emotions don't serve our career very well. In this group executive coaching session I explore a new way to consider the possible causes of the negative emotion and some really fantastic...
There's a part of us that wants to vent at work when things aren't right. Something inside, however, holds us back. We choose, instead, to suppress how we're feeling instead of expressing it. Is this the right thing to do? The truth is, other factors are at work when...
When making difficult decisions, that kinds that have a large impact on our future, it can be hard to see how we get in our own way. We feel stuck or confused and it happens based on the four types of internal blockers (Fear, Assumptions, Interpretations or Limiting Beliefs). ...
This is the 11th video conference session in my series of FREE Saturday morning Group Coaching sessions. In a joint-study conducted by Duke and Harvard Business School, researchers wanted to find out the extent people go to deceive themselves. They also explored how far people go to preserve...
The next installment in my series of FREE Saturday morning Group Coaching sessions. One of the key contributors that keep Christian professionals from pursuing mid and high-level corporate leadership roles is the fear of having to play politics. Truth is, politics don't exist. The behavior we see in...