Where Faith Meets Business Excellence
Issue #2 You can feel it in a room before anyone says a word. Someone starts to speak, hesitates, and weighs the cost. They have the truth, but they're not sure it's safe to say it out loud. Every leader…
Read More The Quiet That Broke Communities: Lessons in Leadership Courage
Issue #1 Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Stewardship Brief, a space where we explore leadership through the lens of biblical stewardship, integrity, and purpose. This month begins an eight-part series on the UK Post Office Scandal, one of…
Read More What Happens When Loyalty to the System Replaces Loyalty to Truth
We usually think of failure as negative. But wise people know how to take advantage of it. They learn from it. They use it as an education. How can failures be good? 1. Failures can educate us. Mistakes are simply…
Read More Would you be surprised if I tell you that failure can be good for you?
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?
Leadership Memo 2023-11 Do you want to be able to respond and adapt to this fast-changing and increasingly complex world, instead of just reacting and always worried that you made a wrong decision? Then you need a culture of learning…
Leadership Memo 2023-10 At the World Agility Forum last month, Hyatt Hotels Corporation CEO Mark Hoplamazian emphasized that senior leaders need to shift their mindset to succeed in a complex world. He shared that even the best business models can…
Read More Want to know how to build a culture of trust? Leaders trust first!
Leadership Memo 2023-9 21st-century leadership is not about telling employees what to do and monitoring their progress like a hawk. It is about creating and maintaining an environment where employees feel safe and motivated to contribute to their fullest. We…
