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  • As a Leader, the Window for Change Is Closing

    If you’re a leader, you know just how hard it is to get people to change. There’s a joke in Baptist circles that if you want to plant a new church, just change the color of the carpet, and half the church will split off and start a new one. I wrote my book Jolt! […]

  • Want success in your business? Sure, but how badly?

    I come across a lot of people with pretty good ideas. While their ideas aren’t quite the next Facebook or Google, they certainly have plenty of potential. With the right mix of hard work and dedication, plus a lot of prayer, their ideas might just stick. Recently, I was at a weekend away with one […]

  • Is there a ‘silver bullet’ to gaining business success?

    We used to have a great staff member on our team, but he was always pressing – and pressuring – me to come up with a “silver bullet” in our business to accelerate growth. His role was made easier with the bigger our network was and thus the more traffic our websites attracted. In his […]

  • Why repetition is a key to success

    I read a fantastic book recently called The Outliers. Among other pearls of wisdom, I read about The Beatles and how they got their start in music. Back before music really became a ‘thing’, The Beatles formed their band simply as some musician friends wanting to have some fun. A local pub was looking for […]

  • Yes, you can be ridiculously successful – and be a serious Christian

    The church has been sold a massive lie – and sadly, most of us have believed it. Some years ago I was on a conference call with a band that we were going to take to Australia for a seven stop music tour. One of the band members said to me on that call, “From […]

  • In our lives, our God is not into coincidences

    How often have you had a thought, a hope, a wouldn’t it be nice, moment and shortly afterwards it comes to pass? Psalm 139:2  (TPT) 2 You perceive every movement of my heart and soul, and you understand my every thought before it even enters my mind. I remember many occasions when this has been my […]

  • As leader, does everyone know your vision?

    It’s always bracing to hear leadership principles from military officers because they often have to make life and death decisions. Formerly America’s highest ranking officer, and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. Shared some leadership insights recently at a conference that I thought worth repeating. Here’s what he had […]

  • Learning to hustle applies to Christians, too

    I’ve been a Christian in business my entire working life, and in that time I have had to learn what part I play in making my life and career work, and what part God plays. Over 25 years in business has taught me that God in my work space is really only as good as […]

  • Don’t’ wait! You’ve got to start with what’s in your hand

    Over the weekend, our church had a visiting speaker from San Diego. I have known him for many years and we published his first ever book. He is a fantastic guy and we get on really well. As he was speaking, he acknowledged my wife and I as the publishers of the book that got […]

  • ‘I am who You say I am’. Why you can build your business

    How often I’ve groaned to myself when speaking at Christian women events when I hear young, Christ empowered women doubting their ability to build their business. Some even share their dreams and passion and qualify their negativity with ‘but I’m not clever enough to do this because………..’. I’ve seen dreams dashed simply because a shared […]

  • Why it’s time for women in leadership to unite

    This rallying cry is not a ‘burn your bra’ stir up trouble rallying cry, but more a ‘let’s stop watching other women in leadership inventing the wheel and share our experiences’. Wherever I connect with women in leadership it is very obvious to me those that have a strong support network around them. They acknowledge […]

  • Why Success Comes When You Do What You Are

    How often as leaders have you heard these comments or observed the parallel behaviors? I can’t do that.I’m not trained to do that.It’s not who I am.It’s just a job for me.I’m not passionate about what I do. There is nothing more frustrating to people than to be asked to do a job they a) […]