Where Faith Meets Business Excellence
Never forget this truth: Most failures won’t kill you. We vastly exaggerate the effects of failure. We blow the prospects of failing all out of proportion. Failing is not the end of the world. The fear of failure is far…
Read More What do you do when you fail? Give up or keep going?
In some cultures, failure is almost the unpardonable sin. That’s because we idolize success. But that kind of pressure creates major stress for people. The fear of failure has many different faces. It can cause us to be indecisive, a…
Read More Do you realize that the fear of failure has a maddening grip on our lives?
Leadership Memo 2023-12 Would you agree that failure (try something out that didn’t work the way you’d hoped) is a lot more common in highly uncertain environments than it is in better-understood situations? Yet, instead of learning from failures, many…
Read More How do you treat your intelligent failures? Embarrassed or excited?
We are at the end of this mini-series. We’ve discussed how to deal with difficult people and the demanding people. Last week, we looked at people who disappoint us. Today, we’re going to discuss how to deal with people who…
Read More What do we do when people hurt us? Don’t Repeat the Hurt. Let It Go!
Everyone in our life is going to disappoint us at some point. Why? Because no one is perfect! So, how do we deal with disappointing people? Be rude and judgemental? Would you believe me if I told you we can…
Read More Responding with Grace: How to Deal with Disappointing People
Some people always want their own way. They’ve got a right way and a wrong way to do something, and your way is always the wrong way. When you don’t meet their standards, they’re going to let you know about…
Read More Empathy in Action: Being Tender Without Surrender to Demanding Behaviour
Have you noticed how many difficult people there are in the world? Some days, do you feel like you have to deal with most of them? So, how should we respond to difficult people? A proverb says, “A wise, mature…
Read More The Power of Pleasant Words: How to Respond Lovingly to Difficult People
Last time, I shared with you what leaders DO in order to lead employees effectively, whether they are remote or in-person. Today, we focus on the Don’ts. Leaders DON'T: 1. Micromanage. Overcoming the urge to micromanage may be hard enough…
Read More Do you have the self restraint required to be the best leader? (Part 2)
I’m sure you’ve noticed that managing remote employees is different from managing them when they are all in the office. However, instead of going back to what’s familiar and comfortable, and defaulting to the old office habit, I would suggest…
Read More Do you have the self restraint required to be the best leader? (Part 1)
"Hi, how are you? Just letting you know that I am on my way to the beach with the kids as the weather is really good today. I’ll join the meeting from there.” "Sorry for the noise guys. I’m in…
Read More How do leaders transform their mindsets from office habits to new world success?
