How to Have Your Best Year Ever

How to Have Your Best Year Ever

Today is the first day of classes at Mountain State’s main campus in Beckley, WV. Even though I am not on site in Beckley, I am excited to see what the new school year will hold for MSU and our students. I have written before about how I love new beginnings. For...
Organic Leadership Development

Organic Leadership Development

I am honored today to have the the post that launched LeaderTalk reposted with a fresh introduction by Dan McCarthy at Great Leadership. Dan has been an encouraging supporter for LeaderTalk since the blog’s launch. I had the pleasure of talking with Dan on the...
Making a Plan for Leadership Learning

Making a Plan for Leadership Learning

Every week I find more sources of leadership learning online. Through the recommendation of friends and links on Twitter, I am discovering new sources of insight, wisdom, and interest. But my computer time is limited. In addition to writing and promoting LeaderTalk...
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....