Dare 5: Leading UP – do you have influence with those in authority over you? What if speaking up was the way to earn and keep respect? Carol looked at the small Zoom boxes filling the large video screen in front of her. The faces of nearly the whole company, save the owner and CEO, …
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Dare #6 of The Respect Dare – Conflict
Several years ago, I facilitated a retreat that equipped organizational leaders to effectively handle conflict. We spent a good deal of time talking about some of the behaviors of people in the organization. God used the opportunity to remind me of something. Many of the issues and problems that ALL organizations face are due to …
Lose weight and keep it off…
If there were a way for you to lose weight and keep it off wouldn’t you want to know about it? What if the method didn’t involve copious amounts of exercise and calorie counting, discouragement, frustration, and disappointment… and landed you lighter – forever – wouldn’t that be something you’d want even more? I’m going …
Dare Six… and Why MANY Conflicts Occur…
I spent the weekend doing a leadership retreat an awesome group of FUN leaders – at one point we all burst into a kids’ song, “Encourage one another, and build each other up… build each other up… build each other UP!” ( 🙂 Sorry!) Somehow most of us were familiar with the song, and the …
Dare You to CHASE LIONS with Me Today…
Bet you didn’t even know this was in the Bible. This came from a free e-book entitled “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day” by Mark Batterson. The book advertising says: “Your greatest regret at the end of your life will be the lions you didn’t chase. You will look back longingly …