Where were you on July 20, 1969? Certain days stay in your mind forever. The day Neil Armstrong walked on the moon was one of those for me. It was the day I discovered it was okay to be different. Do you remember where you were for the first moon…
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What Do You Believe?
How do you reach your goals in such challenging times? It’s the number one question my clients ask me in my private coaching practice. We have experienced a prolonged economic downturn that many entrepreneurs have not seen since the early 80’s. I thought it might be helpful for you to…
Continue Reading....The Hero and the Outlaw
How has leadership changed over the years? Are you the hero or the outlaw? In previous years, if you went out on a limb and took risks to bring a product or service to market that you saw a need for, you were a hero. By fulfilling your vision, you…
Continue Reading....Are You on Purpose?
I spend time with many serving leaders who run wonderful nonprofits around the country. They range from hospitals to animal sanctuaries. They are big and small from good to great. What common factor do they all have in common? They all want to serve their communities. But are they on…
Continue Reading....Remembering Dr. Stephen Covey
The world lost a great man yesterday. Dr. Stephen Covey was one of the most optimistic people I knew. He saw the potential in people and created systems and processes that could help anyone become more effective. Many of the other psychologists I met said he wrote pop psychology and…
Continue Reading....Motivation – Let your team inspire you
I believe true motivation comes from within. It’s the internal desire to want to do something. Outside influences like fear (you’re fired) or greed (bonus money) last only so long. Therefore it’s not in my power to motivate others. I can encourage and attempt to inspire but I can’t make…
Continue Reading....How to Share Your Way to Social Media Success
If you’re a nonprofit and you are not using social media, you may be missing a key ingredient to developing stronger relationships with your key stakeholders. It might seem obvious to you, my reader of my blog, that social media is critical to your organization’s long term success in sharing…
Continue Reading....What’s Your Lasting Leadership Legacy?
How do you make a difference in the world today? It seems like we’re always being challenged to become better leaders. But at a time where we can all impact the world in our own ways, why do we strive to be more like everyone else we know? I try…
Continue Reading....Does Your Nonprofit Know Its Strengths?
In the last blog we talked about the market forces that are impacting your nonprofit organization today. Serving Leaders face challenges today that were not even thought about five years ago. The rate of change has accelerated and it doesn’t look like it’s going to slow down in the foreseeable…
Continue Reading....Sentenced to Success
I once heard a speaker use the statement, “I have been sentenced to success!” I heard that almost twenty years ago, yet it still sticks in my head. Imagine that. What if we had been given a life sentence to serve, say 75 years, and the sentence was to do…
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