Do Not be Afraid!
To more than twenty leaders, God said: “Do not be afraid.” Leadership can be scary for a number of reasons. Leadership, by definition, involves change. Maintaining the status quo doesn’t require leadership, that’s babysitting. Letting people do what they want doesn’t require leadership, that’s ambivalence. Leadership requires that we are stepping into new places AND […]
How the way I got saved can be a problem!
Years ago I was invited to tour the headquarters of Little Caesars pizza in downtown Detroit. As we were being shown the corporate facilities I was truly impressed. At one point we sat down with one of the executives and were given “the talk.” We were told the story of how Little Caesars began and […]
Think Generations Ahead
On July 1, 1898, the United Kingdom began a 99 year lease of what is now known as Hong Kong from China. The lease expired on June 30, 1997. For decades the families living in Hong Kong were very well aware of the end date of the lease. Some families began putting money aside many […]
If a tree falls in the woods
There is an old Chinese proverb that says: “When a tree falls it makes a big noise; when a forest grows nobody hears anything.” In leadership we can be tempted to run toward the sound of “crashing trees.” After all, the excitement of sudden change can be quite alluring. We need to remember though that […]
The call a parent doesn’t want!
I went to get my hair cut the other day and while I was in the chair, a call came in that no parent wants to get. The place I go is family owned and operated. Two sisters and a brother. When I was there, the two sisters were there and the brother had yet […]
