I hope this letter finds you well, prosperous and in good spirits. You’re busy, I know, so I won’t take too much time. I’ve got a few ideas about our company I thought you might be interested in. The boss, get it? 1) Start building an infrastructure that will allow us to work remotely. Gone [...]

Most Twitter users share their thoughts on life, love, business and minutia with anyone willing to listen to their 140 characters or less. And, if that’s all you’re doing – that’s fine, but you’re missing out on a valuable resource for leadership and business.In that vein, we’ve collected a few Twitter users you should follow [...]

“Are people still getting jobs anymore?” -a friend asked earlier.It was asked with some irony I’m sure, but there’s a lot of truth there.Are jobs harder to get nowadays? Yes. Do the “old ways” of getting those jobs still work? No.We know by now that the American career-landscape has truly changed. We live in an [...]

We’ve all been there and we’ve all done it. Talk with anyone 25 years old or older and I guarantee it’s among the first of three (at most, three) introductory questions. You’ll offer your name, followed by some easy commentary: “Crazy night, huh?”  “How do you know John/the groom/my brother?” And,  inevitably the question comes. [...]

A message to creatives.

There goes Rob Bell… just dominating two (three?) of my dream jobs.  If you’re even close to caring about things like this, you’ve heard already that Rob Bell – founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible church in Grand Rapids, Michigan (the other Mars Hill) will be co-writing a TV show with Carlton Cuse – executive producer [...]

“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” - Henry Ford I think he’s wrong.  You most definitely build a reputation based on the plans you make, the vision you cast, and the ideas you spread. You build the kind of reputation for being a dreamer, a talker, a quitter. It’s [...]

Masculinity is slipping. As we move into an age dominated by weak men consumed by social media and tethered to their iPhones, we’ve got a beautiful opportunity to model excellence. And, given the current state of mainstream masculinity (see: MTV) – it’s actually not that tough. Hold the door – Two points to make about holding the [...]

The workplace can be a lexical jungle. You’ve got the intern who says “like” before every sentence and the recent college grad who knows everything about anything. You’ve got the old-timer who heartily emphasizes the silent H in “Where” and “What” and you’ve got the over-sharing, compulsive communicators in accounting. And don’t even get us started [...]