Leadership Archives - Motivationeer

06 May

ZOOM S2 Session 02 – New Wine Without Whining

Career change can be difficult to handle for Christian professionals. And this is more than adjusting to the sudden loss of a job. Business changes happens all the time, whether it's a new boss, new processes, reorganization or something else unexpected. Learning how to adjust quickly...

05 May

ZOOM S2 Session 03 – Working for a Stressed-Out Boss

Managing a high-level output in our career is one thing. Doing so while reporting to a stressed-out boss is another thing entirely. We are tempted to slip into that same stressed mindset with each interaction. This is not sustainable. So, how can we respond in a righteous way...

02 Sep

ZOOM Session 015 – Waiting Tables: How to Minimize Duties to Maximize Impact

By Motivationeer
In Earning Potential, Emotional Intelligence, Jesus, Leadership, Performance Management, Premium Content, Prioritization, Strategy, Success, Video, ZOOM Sessions

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...

30 Aug

ZOOM Session 013 – Unconscious Incompetence in Emotionally Intelligent Leaders

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...

19 Aug

ZOOM Session 018 – Why David’s Leadership Style Always Works

By Motivationeer
In Dealing with Stress, Leadership, Prayer, Premium Content, Servant Leadership, Video, ZOOM Sessions

There is one chapter in the Bible so densely packed with leadership insight, it's hard to imagine how the author of Samuel 1 came about the content. The chapter is 1 Samuel 30 and it chronicles a short stretch of time in David's life, before he became king. It's...

02 Jun

ZOOM Session 009 – Mastering Righteous Negotiation

Professionals who have worked their entire career in a first-world country, tend to be uncomfortable with strong negotiation. Add Christianity into that formula and believers not only feel uncomfortable, they try to avoid it altogether. There seems to be a misunderstanding that good negotiators have to be manipulative,...

19 May

ZOOM Session 008 – Can We Trust Our Intuition?

By Motivationeer
In Career Growth, Intuition, Leadership, Personal Growth, Premium Content, Professional Coaching, Thinking, Video, ZOOM Sessions

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...

05 May

ZOOM Session 003 – Executive Presence and Jesus

By Motivationeer
In Christian Career Growth, Jesus, Leadership, Premium Content, Seeing God, Success, Video, Workplace Christianity, ZOOM Sessions

24 Apr

ZOOM Session 004 – How to Overcome Politics in Any Organization

20 Apr

ZOOM Session 002 – Detached Involvement

This is the first in my series of FREE Saturday morning Group Coaching sessions, aptly focused on Detached Involvement. The importance of Detached Involvement can't be understated. As workplace leaders, and especially as Christians, we don't want to ever attach our emotions to the outcome of any...