The Power of a Generous Mindset
All leaders are connected to money somehow. Most want to make it, save it, use it, protect it, grow it. I’d like to share a few thoughts on giving it. To position yourself to give your hard-earned money, consider this. As Christ-followers, all that we have and all that we are comes from the Lord. […]
How to Invest Money
Whether you have a thousand dollars to invest or a million, how do you go about it? What is the best approach and what should you consider? Let me share some principles I have learned. First, I begin from the foundation that all of my money belongs to God and I am simply the steward […]
Two Ways To Grow Your Organization Or Team
What kind of growth is most beneficial for your team in this season? As the leader, give yourself and your team permission to reframe the concept of growth for your organization. Growth can either be: I have often made the mistake of thinking about, and therefore communicating, the concept of growth in terms of its […]
Focus on Destinations, Not Origins
President Reagan described the US culture this way: “The American people are not interested in your origins, they are interested in your destinations.” As an immigrant to the US, I can vouch for this. While in other countries, which tribe you belong to, what area of the country you grew up in, or the class […]
How to Grow Leaders
It is phenomenal how having healthy, capable leaders around you can make or break your leadership. So what can you do to ensure you have the best leaders around you? Here are ten points I have observed and applied to grow leaders around me. I have found these to be critical in my endeavor to […]
Why Should I Look For a Business Partner?
Seth Godin’s The Purple Cow: A Book Review
This is a review and reflection on the book The Purple Cow by Seth Godin. I like Seth Godin. I think of him as a philosopher, a marketing philosopher that is. I find that some leaders are fluent writers, deep thinkers, and aggregators of information and experiences. Others go a step beyond. They dig underneath […]
Accomplishing Great Visions: Thinking Big–and Small
In the last article, I told you about a lunch I had with a notable leader. There was another lesson from that lunch that I want to share with you. In the lunch we discussed big ideas that can potentially make a national change on the political scene in the country of Lebanon, where I […]
Do You Do Market Research?
Almost every business today must contend with Google and online reviews. To that end, we—and the rest of the world at large—hear what customers have to say about us. While this provides valuable feedback, smart organizations achieve even more through market research. Let me ask you a few questions about your business. In the town […]
Summing Up Marketing in Four Words
Marketing success can be summarized in these four words: Winning hearts and minds. Continuing from yesterday’s article, this advice from a marketing executive really struck home. Winning hearts and minds hit home with me because these four words perfectly depict how I feel about leadership. I shared an illustration yesterday detailing how the phrase describes […]