ASPIRATIONS. By definition "a hope or ambition of achieving something." This week I experienced the results of an ambition. On...

GREATNESS. For a community in Wisconsin, G also represents the Green Bay Packers. For Green Bay Wisconsin, the football team is...

STYLE. What is yours? Colors? Monochromatic? Modern? Classic? Elegant? Grunge? Plaid? Did I get your attention with the photo? While...

The Olympics have proven timelessly that sportsmanship is valuable in winning the GOLD. This year's Winter Olympics 2022 is no different....

How important is harmony within a team? Can we work together without it? Does it hold value? In an article from Clifton StrengthsFinder...

LOVE. A feeling of strong or constant affection for a person motherly/maternal love or fatherly/paternal love (Webster-Merriam). This...

HEALTH. Let's talk about it for a moment. It's something we probably think of most when declaring our New Year's resolutions. To eat...

ENDINGS. At the beginning of this year I started a new journey. I developed a website through WIX, prayed about a name, and created a...

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT. Do you remember the first one you ever sent out? I do! It was September 3, 1978 in Salina, KS where my firstborn, a...

Have you ever granted yourself peace? Think about it. Gave yourself permission to experience peace, to live in peace, to thrive in peace,...

UGLY. LEADERSHIP. Ever experienced this in your workplace? That one boss that is hard to work with? Or work for? That doesn't inspire?...

ENCOURAGEMENT. Do your best & God will do the rest is the understatement of the year. After a rough week at work, this thought came to me...

THANKSGIVING. Rumi stated, "Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life." How ironic this statement is when...

COURAGE. The treasures within me have taken a long time to come out. As a young leader, I had no idea what I was doing so I wondered how...

DARKNESS. The first person to use this proverb was Thomas Fuller, an English theologian, in the year 1650. It appeared in his work...

This week, I had the privilege of leading about 38 development professionals in our first in-person conference in two years. While the...

By definition bliss means "perfect happiness; great joy." Emily Bronte knew this feeling in her poem, Fall Leaves Fall (1818-1848):...

Think about that. You are not called to be perfect, but to be genuine in order to be authentic. That translates to leadership values for...

Maya Angelou once stated, "A hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people." I couldn't agree more as...

How do you measure success? Do you measure it according to your failures or your accomplishments? Mickey Rooney once stated, "You always...