Arrogance versus Confidence

Arrogance versus Confidence

I am convinced that many leaders have a huge blind spot when it comes to determining the difference between arrogance and confidence. When I was 29 years old I started working as a senior pastor in an amazing church in Minnesota.  As a 29-year old with 6 years of...

Language Learning and Leadership

In July, 2012, my family left rural Minnesota to move to Berlin, Germany.  There were a lot of things I expected to learn and process, but I did not expect that I would discover a connection between language learning and leadership. Language Learning and Leadership?...
Leadership and Sleep

Leadership and Sleep

Leadership and Sleep Did you know that there is a connection between leadership and sleep?  Last week Huffington Post reporter Sarah DiGuilo posted an article about how sleep makes you a better boss.   In it she cites a new study in the Journal of Applied Psychology...
Running the Leadership Mountain

Running the Leadership Mountain

Last week I was in Turkey for a conference, and I ran a couple of times with Jason Nelson (our speaker) and Blind-Spot cofounder Don Jones.  One morning we decided to run up the “mountain” outside of our resort near Izmir.  Total distance run – a...