ClickCease
Dr. Rob McKenna
Whole Leaders. WiLD Trust. Why the Future ...

Is the leadership crisis really about a lack of skill—or is it something deeper? In this powerful post, Dr. Rob McKenna makes the case that the true crisis in leadership is a crisis of trust. Drawing on insights from the WiLD Trust Index, he shows how many leaders are unknowingly surrounded by low-trust environments—and why trust can’t be built without doing the personal work first.

This isn’t about being perfect. It’s about being whole. Whole leaders lead with clarity, courage, and care—and it’s this kind of leadership that fuels real trust, high performance, and lasting impact.

If you care about growing as a leader or shaping the next generation of leadership in your organization, this is a must-read.

Whole Leaders. WiLD Trust. Why the Future Depends on Both.
Business, Culture, Leadership
Dr. Rob McKenna
Connecting Trust, Performance, and Well-Being: ...

Every person you know has a story occurring at the center of their identity and their progress that is too often expressed as an unanswered question: How do I connect my driving purpose to what I am doing every day? We ask it in different ways, but at the core of who we are as human beings is the question that connects the invisible pieces of our hearts with the visible pieces of our actions.

Connecting Trust, Performance, and Well-Being: Developing a WiLD Mindset
Faith at Work, Stewardship, Leadership
Dee Ann Turner
Hold All Things Loosely

True leadership requires the courage to let go of what’s good in order to receive what’s better. Whether it’s possessions, positions, or plans, holding loosely allows us to lead with open hands, ready for transformation, collaboration, and God’s greater purpose.

Hold All Things Loosely
Business, Leadership
Scott Ritzheimer
How to Take the Business You Built to the Next ...

You did it! You started a business with nothing more than a dream and a willingness to roll up your sleeves. You worked hard, really hard, and the business grew. You didn’t know what you were doing half the time, but you figured it out. You made it up as you went, and now you’re leading your very own multi-million dollar business.

How to Take the Business You Built to the Next Level
Communication, Leadership, Networking, Relationship, Social Media
Mike Edwards
Business Blind Spots: Your customers’ insights ...

The fastest way to lose sight of your business is to stop listening to your customers. What you think is happening inside your company and what your customers are actually experiencing might be two completely different stories. Too often, leaders rely on assumptions instead of real feedback—and that gap can cost you growth, loyalty, and trust.

In this post, Convene Chair Mike Edwards shares how to check in with your customers in meaningful, non-intrusive ways—and how to turn their insights into quick, high-impact improvements.

Business Blind Spots: Your customers’ insights are your biggest growth opportunity—if you listen

Leadership In Transition

Leadership In Transition

Congratulations! You’ve arrived in the C-suite by building your business or being promoted to the most senior leadership ranks of your firm. Your excitement and eagerness are palpable as you settle in to the work of leading your team to make your corner of the world, and the marketplace, better. But you may also have more than a few butterflies in your stomach, doubts in the back of your mind, or questions about what it will take to succeed in your new role. As leaders evolve and grow, transitions bring some of the most exciting, yet challenging circumstances that they are likely to face throughout their career. Aspiring leaders typically have vision for their organization, career, and impact that they want to have and draw on it as a source of motivation. It is the challenges, blind spots, and frustrations that tend to catch them by surprise. So today, we’re going to explore the question, what happens when the initial excitement of a new or evolving role or professional challenge moves from initial elation to “what have I gotten into?”

The Business Plan

The Business Plan

If failing to plan is planning to fail, then how do some leaders manage to succeed without the aid of a formal business plan? Business planning has a painful reputation. In fact, I regularly speak with leaders of successful organizations who tell me that it is among the most frustrating and painful challenges they have with some going so far as to avoid formal business plans entirely! Moreover, why do so many entrepreneurs’ lived experiences stand in opposition to conventional wisdom that planning must precede success, with effective planning for early-stage startups remaining largely a black box for practitioners and researchers alike? If success is predefined within the boundaries of business plans, why do we see global corporate juggernauts emerge such as Facebook and Google or regional firms develop such as the Texas grocery chain HEB that started as a small country store in 1905 and grew to become the state’s largest private employer? Clearly these organizations look nothing like the firms their founders envisioned in any business plan they wrote.

Clean Living Leadership – It’s a Choice

Clean Living Leadership – It’s a Choice

“But the Hebrew word, the word timshel — ‘Thou mayest’ — that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man.”

– John Steinbeck, East of Eden

I checked into the truck stop motel after a long 15 hours of driving. I deserved a break! It was just me, alone and tired in the little motel room. I flipped on the television only to have messages immediately hitting at me from the “adult” viewing channel. The way the television controller was set up, it made me jump through many hoops to exit this tempting mess. Next, I picked up my phone to read the day’s news on a reputable news website, only to be greeted by the clickbait headline about a TV star’s “barely-there bikini” I was supposed to look at.

The Trouble with Burning Platforms and Managerial Effectiveness in Organization

The Trouble with Burning Platforms and Managerial Effectiveness in Organization

Creating Real Employee Engagement to Drive Business Results

Do you ever feel like your leadership success comes in fits and spurts?

I’ve talked to many business leaders who are struggling to execute their strategic plans. Creating the discipline for sustainable execution that ultimately drives results is often the missing link. This discipline is a key ingredient to hitting your organization’s KPIs and is a vital part of managerial effectiveness.