- February 8, 2021Bowen Family Systems
Bowen Theory’s Absolutely Unique Take on Leadership
Want to know what convinced me that Bowen Family Systems Theory (BFST) provides a powerful resource for leaders of all sorts? When our family embarked on the journey of fostering...
- January 13, 2021Emotional Intelligence, Leadership
The Effect of Focus
I taught a communication course at a local university for a number of years. Mostly what that meant was that I helped college students prepare and deliver speeches in class....
- December 15, 2020Emotional Maturity
I have been trying to grow up
Somewhere along the way I became convinced that if I could do a little bit better for myself, the people around me might be able to do a little better...
- September 28, 2020Contemporary Issues
BLESSED ARE THE SPEED BUMPS!
This is a guest post written by Geno Olison. For more about Geno check out his bio below this post. While this post provides excellent, practical guidance about the work...
- March 25, 2020Contemporary Issues, Leadership
20 Questions to Help with COVID-19 Anxiety
As we get deeper into all of this, I can feel my own anxiety increasing and if what I’m seeing in my news feed is any indication, so is yours....
- March 15, 2020Systems Thinking
Systems Thinking in Anxious Times
I think that every leader I coached this week wanted to talk about coronavirus—actually, not the virus itself but the leadership challenges that it creates. Together, we remembered that this...
- January 24, 2020Emotional Maturity
Owning My Mess and Learning to See My Self More Clearly
I’ve been reading Brene Brown’s “Rising Strong” and recently finished the chapter about sewer rats and scofflaws. It speaks to how our self-righteousness and judgment of others and ourselves clouds...
- January 13, 2020Leadership
Let Us Help You Develop Leaders
A leader is not defined by how many followers you have but by how many leaders you create.” Mahatma Gandhi We believe this idea is a fundamental leadership concept, especially...
- January 3, 2020Leadership
Goals: It’s Complicated
Every year for at least 20 years, I spent January 1 happily working on my goals for the new year. And let me tell you, they were beautiful goals. Organized...
- December 11, 2019Emotional Intelligence, Guiding Principles
Managing Painful Feelings – Part 2
The subject line read “Help!” He sent me a long string of emails to read. His organization is engaged in a deep change process, and that the work has produced...
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- August 7, 2019Leadership
Re: Mass shootings in the U.S. – The change we need will be painful and messy, but it’s necessary
I'm profoundly saddened by what happened in El Paso and Dayton. The impact is beyond words and that fact that it happens over and over and over again breeds a...
- September 21, 2018Leadership
What is Your Leadership Frame
I went to work for a regional denominational judicatory in Houston as their Executive Director when I was 35-years-old. I had never been the senior leader of anything. Up until...
- May 7, 2018Change/Transformation, Leadership
Building Trust for Change Leadership
Every congregation, every organization is facing the option of deep change or slow death. Context matters in achieving your mission and we are living in the midst of a paradigm...
- April 15, 2018Leadership
Learning to Lead: Three Key Components
When leaders talk about learning to lead, they often start with learning information—stuff we need to know about in order to demonstrate a certain level of skill or expertise. For...
- April 3, 2018Leadership
Growing Your Capacity as a Leader
Two stories shape how I think about leadership capacity. The first grows out of the 10 years that I served as the Executive Director of a regional denominational network of...
- March 19, 2018Leadership
Announcing The Leader’s Journey: Coaching for Wholehearted Leadership
In this video Jim Herrington and Trisha Taylor announce their new coaching business, The Leader's Journey, Coaching for Wholehearted Leadership.
Leadership isn't a journey for one.
Escape the chaos. Transform yourself. Lead well.
