Creative Redundancy and Team Alignment

Creative Redundancy and Team Alignment

During recent conversation, I shared a phrase that my husband Eric and I have used a lot in our work with churches. Our idea of Creative Redundancy is that people need to hear the same information again and again — in different ways — before they truly understand it...
Twitter for Beginners | Making it Work

Twitter for Beginners | Making it Work

This is my fifth post about Twitter for beginners. You can read the rest here, here, here, and here. Mashable reports that 60% of Twitter users quit in the first month. My sense is that people will return to something if they see its value in their life or business....
Cross Functional Teams and Team Alignment

Cross Functional Teams and Team Alignment

One way to improve alignment of teams to an organization’s overarching goals or mission is to create cross functional or interdisciplinary teams. Forming these teams can be time consuming but often results in worthwhile benefits to customers. I witnessed...
Twitter for Beginners | Direct Messages

Twitter for Beginners | Direct Messages

The other day, a friend who has been using Twitter half-heartedly for a few months sent me a text message that said “I just got my first direct message on Twitter.” For him, a notable moment. It is fun when people reach out in a more direct way to make a...
Leadership Challenge Forum | Angie Chaplin

Leadership Challenge Forum | Angie Chaplin

Picture leadership potential as a pilot light. Barely visible, except when you know how to spot it. When that potential is encouraged and fueled, it can ignite a fire with unlimited potential. Angie Chaplin’s leadership journey began at a young age, when her...