July 25, 2014

Four reasons to stretch your vision

What’s the vision for your life? How could you make it bigger? Those questions may irk you. Perhaps because you don’t know how to answer them. Or perhaps because you think a big vision means self-promotion or world domination. ...

May 29, 2014

What is a personal brand and do you need one? [podcast]

“Starting today, you are a brand.” Those words written by Tom Peters in an article titled, “The Brand of You” appearing in the August/September 1997 issue of FastCompany magazine set off a movement. Suddenly it was chic to have a ...

April 24, 2014

How to cultivate your personal vision [podcast]

Helen Keller once wrote, “The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but no vision.” Unfortunately, by that definition, we all know pathetic people. Is personal vision just a character trait that some have been ...

November 13, 2013

Transition on pause: Are you stuck or incubating?

Recently a new friend told me he thought he was stuck. His dream transition wasn’t taking shape the way he thought it would. After he explained his situation, I told him I didn’t think he was stuck. Instead, like ...

July 23, 2012

Five ways to stimulate strategic thinking

You’re on the move; leading an organization, or part of a team just trying to keep up. Whether you’re the one calling the shots or the one receiving them, you can’t afford to not be thinking strategically. Strategic thinking ...

March 23, 2010

Thought for the Day – Seneca on Direction

To the person who does not know where he wants to go there is no favorable wind.”– Seneca There are days when I just plain feel stuck. Overwhelmed by all that’s on my to-do list, I simply stare at ...

February 16, 2010

Imparting Vision

One must first possess the thing he would give to another. This is especially true for vision, for the value of this gift is directly proportionate to the degree to which we possess and cultivate it in our own ...

February 12, 2010

Thought for the Day – E. McManus on Vision

Our wealth and abundance of human resources has positioned us to accept a paradigm that provision precedes vision. This has been the foundation of a no-risk faith.”– Erwin McManus What’s the difference between a dreamer and a visionary? While ...

February 3, 2010

Thought for the Day – J.B. Philips on Vision

The real danger for professing Christians lies not in the more glaring and grosser temptations and sins, but in a slow deterioration of vision, a slow death to daring, courage, and a willingness to adventure.”– J.B. Phillips You’ve heard ...

April 10, 2009

Mastering Influence

From the IronWorks series, Sword Mastery: Cutting through Chaos, this presentation discusses the three marks of an influence master. There’s a lot more to influence than getting others to do what you want. True influence masters not only demonstrate a benefit, ...

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