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Overcoming Prayer Distractions

If you are like me, you have times of prayer where your thoughts are all over the map! “Our Father, who art in heaven,... what should we have for dinner tonight? hallowed be your name... oh, I have to get that contract signed...” Prayer distractions seem to be a chronic issue in the prayer lives…

I do some marriage counseling with both Christians and those who don’t yet know Christ. In the process, I’ve found that forgiveness is just as much a problem with “believers” as it is with those who have never received God’s forgiveness. While reading Luke 17 the other day, I noticed for the first time how…

In an ideal world, the people we hire would arrive the first day on the job and we would download everything they need to know through a USB cable in the back of the head! Training downloaded! This however is not the case and as we are all well aware there is a need for…

Being trusted involves more than personal integrity. Just because a leader is honest and respectful of others, doesn't mean that they are necessarily an effective leader. The component of "performance trust" is also a crucial aspect of leadership effectiveness. It doesn't matter how nice and caring you are; if you don't deliver high quality work…

We have been talking about the importance of leaders having real hope and how that can help the people in their teams to move ahead with enthusiasm. However, the past few years of the global financial crisis has really knocked many people's hope levels down. Hopes of a business being successful or of long planned…

Many of us grew up having had "good" manners drilled into us. Please and thank you being the "magic words" of etiquette but more than just being polite, showing gratitude may just have some unexpected and profound healing effects. Who doesn't like to be thanked, to be recognized in an appropriate way when we have…

Some organizations, while appearing to be rock solid from the outside, are actually quite fragile and open to instability and possible collapse. We have all seen in the past few years how quickly the scene can change when pressure is applied to businesses and their leaders. Some possible signs of organizational instability: Short cuts, easy…

Woke up this morning feeling quite off balance. A weird confession perhaps for someone who is passionate about what he does. Regardless, I felt off balance. I felt as if some how I had drifted away from the “sweet spot" - that place that I like to live from where I am at peace with…

This photo (although a little creepy) does represent the traditional organizational structure most widely used in the world. When we look at organizational structures we often see them representing the hierarchy of authority, responsibility and influence. They do represent all of these, however, it is also important to look at the structure representing the flow…

There is an important distinction to be made between stress and being burnt out. Stress is a natural part of human existence. Consider when we exercise, our muscles experience stress and this stress over a period of time results in stronger, healthier muscles. As anyone who has overdone it with exercise can attest, too much…

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Overcoming Prayer Distractions

Faith & Forgiveness

Training to Succeed

Do People Trust You?

Building Hope

Healing Power of Gratitude

How Stable is your Organization?

Live True, Live Free

Creating a Culture of Care

Stressed Out or Burnout?