Leader or Manager?

“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall” — Stephen Covey Leadership and management are two completely different things – yet they are both a necessity for an organization to properly grow and strive! It’s tough to not get them confused, but leadership … Read more

Core Values

“Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny.” – Gandhi In all of the time I have spent reading, learning, and being mentored by some of the best values based leaders, and investing … Read more

What Leadership Examples We Can Learn From Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“Everybody can be great… because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Every January, the United States … Read more

Purpose Driven Life

“It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.” — Winston S. Churchill Over the years as I work to grow in my leadership and be the leader I know God has called me to be; I have read from, studied, and benchmarked some of the most successful leaders. I … Read more

Sense of Entitlement

“Leadership is not a license to do less; it is a responsibility to do more.” — Simon Sinek, Leaders Eat Last As part of my personal growth process, I love spending time studying other leaders. Both leaders from the past, but also present day leaders. I also look at the leaders that are part of my … Read more

Gratitude Changes Everything

“The devil doesn’t have to steal anything from you, all he has to do is make you take it for granted” – Max Lucado When we’re in a negative place and mindset, it is not at all possible to be grateful.  In order to be at our best as leaders, living and leading in gratitude … Read more