Growing organizations have high needs and low capacity. Students have high capacity and low experience. Sounds like a great fit, right? Businesses and (especially) nonprofits appreciate free labor and college students need professional experience. In my experience as...
“Leadership is more like a baton than a trophy. You keep a trophy, but you hand off a baton.” ~ Bruce Miller It happened during the 2012 Summer Olympics and it will probably happen in the next one as well. In the 4×100 relay, it’s not only about how well you run your...
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” ~ Helen Keller Have you ever felt like quitting? There are days in your life and leadership that you will come to the point where you feel like you’ve given all you can give. There is nothing left....
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership is influence. This is a very simple yet profound principle...
“What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God” ~ Monica Baldwin There are three things that every organization or project needs for success: The right people, the right...
“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.” ~ John Ruskin Only a Master can produce a Masterpiece. A Masterpiece is by definition far above the norm and exceeds all expectations. There is nothing common or ordinary about it. Masterpieces are definitely...
“Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.” ~ Thomas Fuller Christmas is a time for making memories. Too often the hustle and bustle of the season consumes our thoughts and emotions. Let me encourage you to take...
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” ~ Henry Ford One is too small a number to do anything great. None of us are as good as all of us. The image of the Body of Christ is that of a living organism that is the sum...
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” ~ Benjamin Franklin We are born to grow…physically, mentally and spiritually. I often hear the question: “Are leaders born or is leadership a skill we have to...
“You’ve got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.” ~ Yogi Berra There are times when everything lines up perfectly and goes exactly as planned. I usually get nervous when that happens! Think about it, most of the...