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When the Plan Changes: How Serving Others in Crisis Is the Greatest Coaching Skill You'll Ever Use
There is a moment in every leader's life when the plan you made gives way to the need right in front of you.
Leading Through Service: What Cross-Cultural Ministry Teaches Our Young Leaders
Leading Through Service: What Cross-Cultural Ministry Teaches Our Young Leaders.This summer, a group of students and young adults boarded a plane in Miami headed for Kenya or the Dominican Republic.
Construction Teams Perform Better When Leaders Grow
The Blueprint for Construction Leadership: Why the Best Construction Owners and Leaders Are Becoming
How Can Pastors and Ministry Leaders Elevate Their Leadership
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about leadership—especially for Pastors and Ministry Leaders.
How Marriage Coaching and Training Can Help You Professionally
If your calendar is full, your team is depending on you, and your goals are ambitious—but your closest relationship feels strained or neglected—there’s a cost. Because the way you show up in your marriage often mirrors how you show up in leadership
How Will You Learn New Leadership Skills Before the End of the Year?
As this year marches forward, business landscapes continue to evolve at a pace that can feel relentless. Leaders who once relied on experience alone now face challenges that require agility, emotional intelligence, and innovative thinking.
Tim's Coaching Success: Elevated Leadership and Expanded Career Paths
Are you a leader, pastor, or professional who feels stuck giving advice instead of truly empowering people? It’s a common frustration: You see their potential, but simply giving directions doesn't lead to lasting change.
The Leadership Skill Most Leaders Overlook
When we think of great leadership, we often picture powerful speeches, bold decisions, or inspiring visions. But one of the most underrated and transformative leadership skills is listening. Truly effective leaders don’t just listen to respond.
How Do You Lead a High-Performing Team When Work Has Fundamentally Changed?
How Do You Lead a High-Performing Team When Work Has Fundamentally Changed? If your team needs more meetings to stay aligned than to actually do the work… something has already broken.
The "Leadership Lid" is Real—and It’s Costing You Everything
Most leaders don’t lose their jobs because they’re bad at what they do. They lose them because they stopped growing before the market shifted. If you aren't actively increasing your competence today, you're planning for your own stagnation.
What's the Secret to Empowering Your Clients?
What's the Secret to Empowering Your Clients? You know you can help them, but it’s tough to create lasting transformation when your own toolkit feels incomplete.
Announcing our New ICF Certified Professional Coach Cohort!
I'm so excited to announce our new ICF-Accredited Coach Certification Cohort! Own Your Next: Join the May 16th Cohort! Become an ICF Certified Coach!
Help Your Leaders Thrive in 2026 in Beyond
Imagine a leader you know—let’s give her a name, Sarah. She’s brilliant, driven, and heads up a high-performing division. But lately, she’s been waking up at 3 AM with a cold dread. It's not the quarterly numbers; those are fine.
What Your Airline Miles Can Teach You About Leading
Recently, I was traveling to Kenya with my good friend, Juan. Some think my friend is actually my personal bodyguard. If I needed one, he would definitely be my first choice. As a military veteran, Juan is always thinking about safety.
The Leadership of Sacrifice: Lessons from Good Friday
Good Friday is a day marked by profound reflection and sacrifice, I invite you to pause and consider the essence of leadership through the lens of this holy occasion.
Anticipatory Leadership: Lessons from a major move
Are you preparing for your next major move or waiting to react to what's ahead? True leadership isn't just about reacting to the shift; it’s about anticipating it before the first box is even packed.
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: Preparing for Your "Next" Leadership Role
Are you standing at the threshold of a new season? Maybe it’s a transition from operational oversight to strategic vision. Maybe it’s a call to a new industry or a larger ministry. Whatever the "next" is, many of us secretly harbor the same fear.
When something breaks, most leaders push harder (and make it worse)
Research from McKinsey & Company shows that sustainable performance improvement comes from diagnosing root causes—not applying more pressure. I recently had to stop sending emails entirely. Not by choice — by necessity. Something wasn’t working.
The hidden cost of avoiding difficult conversations
Is there a real cost when difficult conversations are avoided? What about for your team? Research published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior shows that teams engaging in open, constructive dialogue see up to 25% higher decision quality.
The hardest move I’ve ever planned (and it wasn’t mine)
I’ve spent my life helping people move. I’ve written 29 books on the subject of growth, change, marriage, and leadership. But this Friday, all that expertise feels very small. This Friday, we're moving my mother into an Assisted Living Facility.