Leadership!

 “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” Ephesians 2.10 Leadership…  This word fascinates me. The dictionary defines it as “the action of leading a group of people” or an organization, or the ability to do this” or “the…

Try

I’ll try pick up the pen” he said, with his hands behind his back looking down at the whiteboard markers on the table, his face showing pretend strain.  This is what my mentor, Adam, was illustrating to someone who had just told him they would “try” to do a directive.  As Yoda says “Do or…

Common Sense

The notion of “Common Sense” was espoused by my grandmother and my mother as something that I should have known just by being alive!  “Use your common sense girl” I was told!  I must say I have lamented sometimes the lack of Common Sense, when things seem so obvious to me, and so foreign to…

Dream On!

As Kiwi’s ( New Zealanders) we pride ourselves in being a nation of dreamers and thinkers, inventions and ideas.. we lead the world in  areas of innovation, sport, technology, out of the box thinking, crazy inventions and world changing ingenuity. Are you a dreamer?.. Only humankind has this God given gift and ability…   Dreaming is…

Business for the common good!

Business for the Common Good (aka Business for good and for God)  What our economy needs most right now is a new insurgence of entrepreneurs who are committed to doing business based on moral convictions for the common good, not just for personal self-interest.  What does it mean to do business for the common good?…

I have a dream!

“I have a dream!” It rings in the ears of those who have something to chase, it either scares us or excites us, but it is what keeps us getting up each day to follow that dream, to get one day closer to whatever it looks like. Those who don’t have it, live in a routine…

Joy __ a weapon of mass destruction

Sometimes the problem with life is you don’t know how bad its been until it’s good….  As human beings we are really great at making the best of situations.  Mostly we just accept what comes at us and deal with it.  Especially if you have Positivity as your top strength and especially if you have…