Meetings are a strange thing. They can be amazing or terrible, a boost or a drain, a catalyst for innovation or an obstacle to morale. Depending on their purpose, structure and timing they can propel teams toward success or devalue the team. The rhythm and purpose of...

Many years ago I began coaching leaders, although I didn’t know what to call it (funny story for another day). Naturally, the coaching was aimed at helping leaders grow their leadership capacity and competencies. But after a few years of coaching I realized every...

Do you have a filter for saying YES and NO? You should. YES. We feel the pressure to say it. We feel badly when we don’t. We love when people tell us YES, but we often hate saying it to others. It’s a cheap word in our culture that often comes at a high...

Tax deductible gift to support our work We don’t need more painful fallout stories in the news to realize we need leaders who are full of integrity, abiding in Jesus and leading with resilience.  Each week our Stay Forth team and network helps leaders GET HEALTHY so...

Each week I take 30 minutes in my Right Side Up Journal and analyze last week. It’s taken my strategic leadership to the next level. We leave space in the journal every week to LOOK BACK at last week before looking ahead at this week. Very few leaders do this,...