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Beaches Aren’t the Only Place for Summer Reading
It’s July – the middle of the summer. Many people are heading out on vacation – to the beach, to the mountains, to a family gathering. I hope your vacation is a safe, relaxing time for you and your...
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The Airplane Effect
Yesterday during a flight to Arlington, TX, I finally put my finger on something that had been bugging me: flights really turn my brain loose. I read parts of three different books (love that...
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The Airplane Effect (Explained)
I don’t fly a lot – maybe 4 or 5 times a year. But over the last couple of years, I have been curious about something – flying seems to accelerate my brain. Most of my flight involves the eastern half...
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Reading the Year Out
Leaders are readers. Today and tomorrow’s posts are an annual tradition at 27gen – all about reading and my favorite books of the year. Here are a few links to previous year’s posts - click and follow...
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11 Best Books of 2011
Continuing an annual tradition, the final posts of the year are devoted to the importance of reading (covered in yesterday’s post) and my best book list for the year. Making a “Best of” list is always...
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Effective Reading = Effective Leadership
Leadership requires a constant flow of intelligence, ideas, and information. There is no way to gain the basics of leadership without reading. As a boy in elementary school, I remember with fondness...
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Read Wide, Lead Deep
Just returned from my weekly trip to the library; also in the stack are a few new acquisitions to my library. It’s a varied list that’s for sure, but I believe that wide reading develops deep leading....
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Remembering My Father, Celebrating Book Lover’s Day
Today would have been my father’s 86th birthday. It’s also Book Lover’s Day. Those two seemingly incongruent circumstances actually have a powerful connection for me. After suffering a major stroke on...
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Book Summaries Strengthen Reading as a Discipline for Critical Thinking
Underneath the surface of every successful leader is a reader. Reading provides the best regimen for establishing and nurturing the information necessary to lead others. Reading provides a constant...
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Summer Time is Reading Time!
What’s on your bookshelf for reading this summer? Here’s a couple of new books for your consideration: Who’s the Leader of the Club: Walt Disney’s Leadership Lessons, by Jim Korkis Disney’s Hollywood...
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Look Back and Learn: Investing in Wisdom Equity
In researching and working on some leadership development material for an ongoing writing project, I came across the following: Christianity is a religion of change. Jesus’ call in Mark 1:15 (the...
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I Read to Cheat Old Age – What About You?
It is my habit to make my lunch hour my own personal “Lunch and Learn” activity. As I work from an office in my home, I typically take a break from work to enjoy lunch seated in the dining room,...
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Favorite Books of 2014, Part 1
It’s time to close out the reading year – just in time to start a new one! A quick review of the numbers: Purchased or review copies of books – 93 Library books checked out – 91 Kindle books downloaded...
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Favorite Books of 2014, Part 2
Yesterday I introduced my first 7 books on my favorite books published in 2014; you can read it here. Here are the remaining 7 books: The Innovators, Walter Isaacson A More Beautiful Question, Warren...
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Reading 101… or How I Read Over 5 Books a Week During 2015
One of my greatest passions is reading. I developed this passion at an early age, and have continued to strengthen it over the years. In addition to being my passion, reading is also an important part...
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Wednesday Weekly Reader – How to Read a Book
During my elementary school years one of the things I looked forward to the most was the delivery of “The Weekly Reader,” a weekly educational magazine designed for children and containing news-based,...
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Do You Communicate a Lot, But Don’t Consider Yourself a Great Storyteller?
Have your eyes ever glazed over as a speaker drones on and one, spouting statistics and facts? Do you even remember anything an hour later? What about the next day? Now it’s your turn to be in front of...
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Leaders Know How to Say “No” Gracefully
Does your organization try to do too much? Every day ministry leaders spend too much time, managing too much church stuff, for too little life-change. It is safe to say that the church in North America...
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Unlock the Imagination of Your Audience by Using a Map
To help others see change, the leader must understand how to unlock the imagination. The very act of imagination is connected to faith. The author of Hebrews writes, “Now faith is the assurance of...
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How to Read Effectively to Deliver Powerful Leadership
Leadership requires a constant flow of intelligence, ideas, and information. There is no way to gain the basics of leadership without reading. As a boy in elementary school, I remember with fondness...
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