After every major event, good organizations and teams take a moment and very deliberately review what happened in an After Action Review. In this way,
You know, one of the first counseling sessions I received as a leader was also one of the toughest. I learned that I was falling
Having lived in 19 places in my life (so far), I’ve been in my share of churches, but the one we go to now has
Have you ever been in a meeting when a tired topic comes up yet again, there’s discussion, then the topic changes, and you get
People tend to think of emotion as what is happening on our insides that may be reflected on our exterior: a frown, a smile, a
A long while ago, Benjamin Franklin said “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” He was
If you rush blindly from one event to the next, you miss out on the opportunity to learn and improve. After a major event, what
There’s no such thing as perfection when you are dealing with people. Inevitably, something will go wrong. After all, we’re only human. As mistakes and
“Didn’t you get my email?” Ever heard that before? Usually it’s right about the time everyone is figuring out that someone dropped the ball: the
Ever been on a PowerPoint Death March? The lights are dim, the presenter drones on and on. You’ve lost all sense of time and place.
Death by PowerPoint can take many forms. The smart people at Microsoft have done a great job of adding infinite ways to make things on
I’ve survived many life threatening encounters with PowerPoint. In the early days you might have even charged me for irresponsible use of this powerful but
