Phil Vischer, creator of VeggieTales, shared with my wife and I that when VeggieTales videos began having success, he had a dream. His dream was that God was anointing him to be the next Walt Disney for the Christian community. He didn’t realize it at the time, but Phil’s dream eventually became an idol. Phil summarized for us what he ...
My friend, Rick, shared some exciting news! His wife had been asked to give the commencement address at this year’s Business School graduation ceremony for a major university! Rick went on to say, “Denise has given many important speeches and I’ve never seen her nervous. But this time she’s nervous.” I pondered several reasons why this talk might have her ...
Many businesses choose to hire a successor CEO from outside their organization, which is often necessary, but can prove riskier. Some of the best transitions I’ve witnessed happened when the future CEO worked under the existing CEO for a season. This method can provide for a smoother “hand off” and the ability to make course corrections if problems arise during ...
In a Harvard Business Review video, leadership consultant, Ron Carucci, claims that 50-60% of executives fail in their first executive role. He studied successful executives to find what they did differently. Carucci discovered four key factors. The second factor in our series is “Context.” Successful executives do the work necessary to gain understanding of trends in their culture, industry, and ...
How many of us started a new job only to encounter paperwork, a bare desk and a lonely lunch? Stunned, we contemplate, “Did I make the right decision?” A recent Harvard Business Review article, “How to Get an Employee Up to Speed?” suggests this check list: A clean and “stocked” workstation A list of access codes Welcome emails An overview ...
The television program “60 Minutes” convened a group of 12 people in Grand Rapids Michigan during the last presidential campaign, with an even mix of people for and against Donald Trump. This group had very heated debates and disagreements. “60 Minutes” was surprised to learn that despite their differences the group not only maintained contact after the focus group, they ...
In the early years of my marriage to Kathy, her family interactions during the holidays shocked me at times. My family members are peacemakers with conflict avoided at all costs. Kathy’s family on the other hand was verbal and sometimes loud when things didn’t go according to plan. The strife in those early years was hard for me to handle, ...
People sometimes easily send me their thoughts after reading our email versions of Integrity Moments. But it’s far more difficult for our radio listeners to respond. Therefore, sometimes it feels the radio version is less effective. Unless I have encounters like I did recently. The property manager who cares for our building recently stopped me to say, “I walked by ...
An acquaintance of mine was reportedly so focused on the mission of helping orphans that when someone new would call for an appointment he would say, “If this meeting won’t somehow help an orphan, I really don’t have time to meet.” Having clarity of what your mission is, and sticking to it, is the best way towards success. However, we ...
In my 30’s, my desire was to be the President of my own bank. So, when the bank I worked for was for sale I assumed that God surely wanted that for me as well. Over a period of months, however, God began to reveal His desire, which was me teaching and equipping leaders to do business God’s way. In ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
