Leadership Insights

For a long time, I associated kindness with helping. If someone needed something, I wanted to help. If there was a problem I could solve, I often stepped in. If someone was struggling, I wanted to make things easier. Those instincts aren’t wrong. Compassion matters....

Knowing something needs to change is one thing. Actually changing it can be much harder. Especially when other people are involved. You may recognize that a responsibility no longer belongs in this season. You may know a commitment is taking more from you than it...

There are seasons when our priorities change before our commitments do. Something that once mattered deeply may no longer need the same amount of time, energy, or attention. A role shifts. A relationship changes. Our health requires something different. Our family...

Some of the most important things in our lives are remarkably quiet. Our health. Our marriage. Our spiritual life. Our relationships. Our peace. The work we feel called to do. They usually don’t send an urgent email. They don’t interrupt a meeting. They don’t always...

There are seasons when I can look back over a week and immediately see what I accomplished. The project was finished. The content was created. The boxes were checked. And then there are weeks like this one. Much of my time was spent caring for people I love. Helping...

We can say something matters to us. Our faith. Our health. Our marriage. Our family. Our calling. The work we believe God has given us to do. But eventually, there is another question worth asking: Does the way I spend my time reflect what I say matters most? I’ve...

For years, I judged a productive day by what I accomplished. How much I handled. How many problems I solved. How much I checked off the list. But over time, I learned that getting more done and giving my best to what matters most are not the same thing. Every day, we...

For many years, I took pride in being the dependable one. If there was a problem, I could usually solve it. If someone needed help, I would step in. If something had to get done, people knew they could count on me. And honestly, being dependable is a good thing. Until...

There is a kind of helping that strengthens people. And there is a kind of helping that quietly teaches them to keep depending on us. It took me years as a leader to recognize the difference. For a long time, when someone on my team was struggling, my instinct was to...

For much of my leadership career, being capable became something of a trap. If there was a problem, I could solve it. If something needed to be done, I could do it. If someone dropped the ball, I could pick it up. And for a long time, I thought that was what strong...

For much of my life, I've been very good at taking care of what needed to be taken care of. My family. My team. My work. My responsibilities. If someone needed something, I figured it out. Maybe you know that kind of leadership. You're capable. Dependable. Strong....

There are seasons when everything seems to fit neatly into place.Your routines are working. Your plans are moving forward. You have time to journal, think, create, and check things off your list. And then... Life changes. Last week, we welcomed a new puppy into our...