Lead Change Group

Craig Lambert in his book Mind Over Water talks about that frictionless state that rowers achieve when things become effortless. He calls it ‘swing’. He goes on to say ‘…our job is to simply work with the shell, to stop holding it back with our thrashing struggles to go faster. Trying too hard sabotages boat [...]

This is a guest post by Dr. Jack King (@DrJackKing) of The Northfork Center for Servant Leadership. Jack has been a great friend and supporter on LinkedIn and Twitter.  Don’t miss this great post and video. “It’s a great moment when someone has character to step up and do the right thing, at the right [...]

I watched Saving Private Ryan yesterday.  It was the first time I had seen the movie all the way through.  I enjoy great movies, but few sad ones. I knew enough about this movie to know it was sad.  I also knew the plot and story.  It is truly an inspired classic. James Francis Ryan [...]

The original idea for the Lead Change Group was launched on March 30, 2009. It rose out of my desire to develop as a leader and build quality leaders. I prefer action to inaction, so rather than hoping someone else would do something, I began the group. My goal was to act on my belief [...]

You have probably heard the David Campbell quote: “Discipline is remembering what you want.”  We all have more wants than we can keep up with.  That’s why tools like Getting Things Done (the book and system by David Allen), PDA’s and note-taking applications exist.  We forget what we want.  Our higher, more important values typically [...]

This is part 4 of the series on Strengths.  We talked about how your strengths can be identified by three questions: Energy – What energizes you? Talent – What gifting or abilities do you have? Passion – About what do you truly care? How strong is your passion? There are things about us that no [...]

Annually, The Willow Creek Association puts on a Leadership Summit where some great minds in church and business leadership share ideas about leadership.  I attended several years ago and, while energized, I felt that the speakers challenged me to do things I was powerless to do.  As a layperson in the structured church, I feel [...]