When it comes to your organization, would you consider yourself a leader or a manager? While the two roles often overlap, they aren't the same. Consider these questions: Do you dictate or empower? Do you demand compliance or inspire commitment to the vision? Do you simply make decisions, or do you help others make better decisions? Your answers can reveal a lot about the way you lead. Managers tend to focus on processes, execution, and maintaining order. Leaders focus on peop

Today's topic is about taking ownership of your life and being intentional about the people and influences you allow around you. Every day, voices compete for your attention—friends, family, coworkers, social media, and countless others. The truth is, you get to decide which voices have the greatest influence on your thoughts, decisions, and direction. Some of those relationships will last a lifetime. Others may serve a purpose for a season and need to be released along the w

As an employer, it's important that we celebrate our people. As a teammate, it's important that we celebrate those around us. As an employee, it's important to be in a place where you are celebrated. Here's how that can happen - as an employer, team member, and employee. And here are some thoughts if you aren't in an environment where celebrating people doesn't happen.