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Empty Vessels

October 14, 2019
/ By Keith

“Where would there be leather enough to cover the entire world? With just the leather of my sandals, it is as if the whole world were covered.” — Śantideva A man was paddling his canoe up the river when…

Asking for Help

October 1, 2019
/ By Keith

I was on my hands and knees on the ground by the pond. Blood was dripping in a steady stream off of my head, forming a puddle on the deck. I had initially thought I had just bumped my…

How Managers Can Deliver More Effective Feedback

July 7, 2019
/ By Keith

The most important role of a manager is to support the growth of the members of their team and one of the core ways that managers can do that is by providing effective feedback. I define effective feedback as…

Three things Servant leaders do

May 17, 2019
/ By Keith

A senior leader recently asked me, “Isn’t servant-leadership just having the leader do the crappy work?” The answer is a complicated — maybe. If there is a task that needs to get done and the best way for the leader to…

Three ways leaders influence culture

April 23, 2019
/ By Keith

Three weeks after starting my new job I was having a conversation with my wife. “I don’t know that it is a great idea to go out tonight, it will be late and we have commitments in the morning.”…