Change is difficult and requires skillful leadership to navigate it well. Sometimes it feels like ninety percent of a leaders job is producing change while ninety percent of people don’t like change! So when a leader enters into the dangerous waters of change he must move wisely. As you consider the next change you’re going to initiate ask yourself the following questions…

CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE…

1. What problem am I trying to address by making a change? (Do others see this same problem?)… Continue

My son, Matthew, was home from college recently to attend a family wedding. We had decided to use his car to drive down to the wedding and I had asked him to clean out his car (which barely resembled a car on the inside anymore). After he came back in the house too quickly, I went to check it out. I don’t need to go into the heated argument that ensued, only that he seemed clueless about why I didn’t think it was suitably clean to take his mom and sister. After about a half hour of angry silence… Continue