Can we be clear right up front about three things?

1. Brokenness is a new beginning not a final ending.
2. Broken does not mean beaten.
3. Your past mistakes don’t undermine your future potential.

Recall with me the first 400 meter semi-final heat of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Spain. In fact, it’s the only moment I recall from those games and it was a defining moment.

It was such a defining moment I don’t even remember who won the race that day but I do remember one runner, Derek Redmond. Why do I remember him? Because he didn’t quit when

I don’t know how I have come to think of the word “Enable” as negative but somewhere along the line I have. Maybe I associate it with co-dependent behavior or maybe I hear it used in negative ways like, “You should stop enabling their unhealthy behavior.” But the fact is, the word “Enable” is key to growing healthy leaders.

If you look up the word enable in the dictionary you will get this definition. “To provide someone with power, means or opportunity. To make possible.”

The fact is great leaders “Enable” people to make a difference in and with their lives! Here are 5 enabling ways of great leaders

As I was reading through 1 Peter chapter 5 this morning a question came out of the blue, what is the role of a leader? I know there have been volumes of books and chapters within books that answer this question many times over but what hit me today was not what leaders “do” but who they “are” that makes such a huge difference.

I am not discounting what leaders “do” to make those around them better. I have written enough blogs and books that address this topic. But in the stillness of the “Starbucks Morning Rush” (Sarcasm intended) it hit me

Leaders are strong, courageous and brave! Leaders cast vision, declare direction and march out front leading others into a bright and hopeful future! Sounds good, right? Yes, of course it sounds good. Courage, bravery, casting vision, that’s good stuff and it’s what leaders do, it’s who leaders are.

However, as a leader, I know each of us have fears. We don’t always publicize them but they are there, just below the surface. There is a fine line between openly declaring our fear and simply “hiding our panic.”

On occasion when leaders are tired, confused, and struggling with their own self-esteem, they may open up and acknowledge their fears to

When You Are Down…Be Thankful

Be thankful for what you have, not what you don’t. I’m writing this post sitting near my son’s hospital bed with a bad bone infection in his hand. He had an accident a month ago to reattach the partially detached finger, revascularization surgery to repair an artery and two pins to hold the bone together. And, just when everything was going well, a bone infection, another surgery and a long road to recovery. Now what? Mad, upset, blame, yes…I have felt all three. However, when I stop and take an inventory of the room for the last 45 minutes I can choose to focus on the circumstances or the possibilities. Here are seven