Archives of Leadership

One of the great leaders of the Bible is King David. Here are a few leadership lessons from his life that I have extracted and been meditating on. Beginning with 1 Samuel 18:5, “So David went out wherever Saul sent him and behaved wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and he […]

I have had my fair share of leadership failures. About 10 years ago, my then small team and I started a physical therapy facility. We did not have the time or know-how to make it successful. We closed our doors about a year later. Immediately after this, voices of doubt and defeat began to speak […]

I would like to issue a challenge to you today: Whatever you are trying to create, whatever you keep editing and refining, whatever you keep working on ‘one more time’ to make perfect—stop thinking and launch! You can always improve it later. Launching Is Winning Some may disagree. They may say, “Imagine if Apple launched […]

What is a second mile organization? If smiling and basic gestures of customer service are going the first mile, then going the second mile is when we extend ourselves beyond what is expected. There is a lot of competition in the first mile, but that’s not what keeps people coming back. Going the second mile […]

Imagine you are in your mid-twenties, a newly-minted leader, in line to become the supervisor of a person in their mid-thirties or forties. Currently in my late forties, I often have people in their fifties and sixties on my team. At more than one point in my leadership, I can tell you that this very […]

I recently went to Kroger (a grocery store chain in Texas) to buy a tenderloin to grill. It was a cold day, and their meat department was closed. I asked one of the associates if he could help me. He came to the meat department but said he was not sure he could get me […]

Love. One aspect of love is to care about a person’s well-being irrespective of what they can give back to you and regardless of what they may do to you. When practiced, love is powerful. But it is not practical unless it is guided by boundaries. Establish Boundaries with Confidence Many draw on the life […]

In the last six months, how many instances has someone in your life given you feedback that felt like a punch in the gut? And what was their comment? If you cannot tell me, then you may be missing a key component in your life of leadership. I find it rare for people to give […]

It is in vogue for leaders to say they ascribe to the ethos of servant leadership. As a Christian leader, beware, we are called to a higher standard. The tenants of servant leadership are beautiful; they are even Biblical. Still, for leaders and entrepreneurs who follow Christ, something is missing. What are the general principles […]

I was in an Uber recently with a Buddhist man. He was kind and happy to talk about religion. So I asked him to share what he believes. Then I asked him if it was okay for me to share what I believe. Thus, I shared the gospel. I ended up inviting him to our […]