Leadership Under Pressure
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals My business is going through a transition. Nothing changes for clients — the work stays the same, the depth stays the same, the confidentiality stays the same. But behind the scenes, I have been wrestling with something that every leader eventually faces: the…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals He was a Vice President at a major corporation — Oxford-educated, Stanford MBA, the kind of résumé that opens every door. He had built a career on self-reliance, strategic intensity, and fourteen-hour days. He expected everyone around him to operate the same way.…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You used to have a friend who knew you. Not your title, not your quarterly results, not the version of you that shows up at the leadership offsite. The real you — the one who laughed too loud at the wrong things, who…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Two different sessions this week. Two completely different arenas — one leader developing his team, one husband wanting to love his wife even better than he already does. Two men who look nothing alike on paper. And both of them, within forty-eight hours…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You were the first one in the room. Legal pad filled. Slide deck reviewed for the fourth time. Contingencies mapped for questions that would probably never come. The meeting went fine — it almost always does. But the preparation was never really about…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals What This Could Look Like You are sitting at your desk early — before the team arrives, before the inbox takes over — and you are doing the work. Preparing the presentation. Reviewing the numbers. Mapping out the hard conversation you need to…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals What This Could Look Like You are standing at the edge of a season you cannot fully map. Maybe it is a leadership transition at work. Maybe it is a family shift you did not see coming. Maybe the business model that carried…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Intentional Growth in the Minutes Between Meetings You click “Leave meeting,” the Zoom window disappears, and your calendar says you have three minutes until the next call. On the outside, you navigated that conversation just fine—no raised voice, no obvious mistake, numbers mostly…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Picture yourself at that window.The building hums, inbox full, board expectations high, and you can feel the old edge rising—the one that cuts people and drains you, even as it gets results. Your shoulders tighten, your jaw sets, and something in you prepares…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Matters for You You sit at your desk high above the city, staring at an email that hit harder than it probably should have. Your first instinct is to fire off a sharp response, shut down, or move on and “power…