Emotional Intelligence
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You know how to stay busy. You execute, move projects forward, and clear your to‑do list. But if you’re honest, long stretches of thinking time can feel wasteful, like they are slowing you down instead of moving you ahead. Yet when a group…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Every team has that person: driven, well-meaning, even talented—but blind spots abound. They miss how their words land, step on toes without noticing, fumble feedback, rarely ask about others, and seem barely aware of their own rough edges.You see potential—but also frustration, low…
The Daily CHEW™ CHEW on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. It’s early. My inbox’s already on fire, and I haven’t swallowed my second coffee. I catch myself—just for a second—re-reading a direct report’s email draft before a big meeting. Even while I trust my teams, the muscle memory of “fixing” every detail creeps back.…
The Daily CHEW™CHEW on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. True Stories From the Pressure Cooker The world doesn’t slow down when leadership seasons heat up. It’s easy to get swept away by big calendars, urgent deadlines, and a parade of “do-this-now” moments. I’ve walked through quarters where back-to-back meetings, urgent client requests, and nonstop…
The Daily CHEW™CHEW on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. A Story of Change on the Job Carlos had always been respected for his sharp mind and ability to solve problems fast. But in meetings, he often missed the undercurrent—a colleague’s hesitation, a team member’s unspoken frustration, the weary shrug that followed a tough quarter.…
THE DAILY CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Uptown to Everyday—When the Drivers Flare Up Even now, whether it’s Atlanta business or family headlights and sirens in Washington Heights, my core longings don’t take a day off. There are moments I can name the ache—craving recognition, stung by exclusion, restless for “something…
How Do I Discern the SALVES Driver in Others? Seeing and Serving at the Level of What Really Matters
THE DAILY CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Family, Teams, and Tension in Upper Manhattan Growing up in Washington Heights, family gatherings could feel like jazz—everybody playing their part, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in chaos. I wished early on that I could “read the room”—to know what people really needed, not just…
The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Yesterday, after a long strategy session, I sat in my car in the parking lot, scrolling my phone and replaying a recent disagreement with a close friend. Even as someone who coaches others for a living, I felt the ache of distance—the heaviness of words…
The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Some mornings, my mind wakes up before my spirit does. Last week, returning from a long client call, my head was buzzing—racing with “what ifs” and mistakes to fix. As a dad and consultant prone to overanalyzing, I downshift into “problem-solver mode” instead of prayer,…