If you’ve found yourself with an increased list of home projects over the past few months, you’re not alone. The increase of DIY projects aided by the stay-home mandates and the loss of jobs and company shut downs due to COVID-19 revealed a great opportunity for both customers and pros.
Read MoreThe pandemic offers a moment ripe for “creative destruction”.
Read MoreOne of my fondest memories as a little boy was going to Klang (a town in Malaysia where my parents are from) every weekend and eating bak kut teh (pork rib soup) with my parents at a famous local joint.
Read MoreA leader’s responsibility, as circumstances around us change, is to speak, live, and make decisions in such a way that the horizons of possibility move towards shalom, flourishing for everyone in our sphere of influence, especially the vulnerable.
Read MoreTwo weeks into COVID-19, when other people were losing jobs and schools were shutting their doors to complete the school year online, God spoke to me about returning to the marketplace.
Read MoreToo much change overwhelms and confuses people. It can make a solid plan fall apart or never take off to begin with, and as I’ll explain, as a leader, you must be mindful about how you structure organizational transformations so you can avoid change saturation in your people.
Read MoreCharity has a place, and relief efforts are needed. But for a long-term solution we need a paradigm shift in thinking and praxis, from handouts to job creation, from mainly non-profit responses to for profit solutions.
Read MoreFocus takes intentional effort and can feel difficult at times, especially in the midst of massive uncertainty. But by following these tips, it is possible to be present most of the time when you’re working or in your personal time.
Read MoreUndoubtedly, times of crisis magnify and reveal strengths and weaknesses, not only within our respective organizations and businesses, but also within each of us as individuals. It may even reveal the areas of our heart that we need the Heavenly Father to tend to.
Read MoreFor the first time since the threat of nuclear annihilation hung over the UK in the 60s, millions of us are worried about dying, or worried about someone else dying. Suddenly, the question ‘if you were to die tonight, where would you go?’ has a fresh pertinence.
Read MoreSurvival is a funny thing. Survival can feel good. The adrenaline rush which comes from dodging a train is a good one. But if we get into a habit of just avoiding bad outcomes, we can easily start redefining success as “we’re good at avoiding bad outcomes.”
Read MoreMany organizations (businesses, nonprofits, schools, churches) are struggling mightily to survive the blizzard of viral spread and rolling shutdowns. Many will not survive the arduous winter as social and economic life re-emerges in fits and starts, lacking the assets or the positioning to advance their mission under new constraints.
Read MoreRecently, Chuck Bently and his team at Christian Economic Forum had Henry Kaestner on their podcast to talk COVID-19, generosity in the midst of crisis, and alternative recovery scenarios.
Read More“We are all in same storm, just with different boats”. Yes, we are indeed and it is that way through any crisis or situation. There are those who always have bigger, sturdier, and stronger boats and there are those who are in the storm with maybe nothing more than a lifeboat.
Read MoreIf you are not a mentor and would like to step into the opportunity to pour out your life into the life of a future leader, Leadership Edge offers an online, interactive training that will provide a framework for authentic, Life-On-Life mentoring.
Read MoreThis global pandemic has created heartache, but it has also revealed new heroes. Amid the public health and economic pain inflicted by this virus, we also see it chipping away at old stereotypes and dismantling our chronic underappreciation of service roles in our economy.
Read MoreThe effects of the coronavirus are disruptive beyond comprehension. The situation is changing by the hour. The consequences vary from difficult to dire for billions of people, and nobody knows what the timeline is for this crisis.
Read MoreI want to share three shifts that every leader can and should make during the COVID-19 crisis.
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