Jeff's Musings

…are we stuck in High School? I had two brushes with higher education this week. The first was at a speech I gave in New York. There were several Harvard Business School students there, invited because of their interest in marketing and exceptional promise (that’s what I was told… ...

The secret to creativity is curiosity. We often forget to teach kids to be curious. A student who has no perceived math ability, or illegible handwriting or the inability to sit still for five minutes gets immediate and escalating attention. The student with no curiosity, on the other hand, is no pr...

One of my best friends sent this to me as an encouragement today. If you are a leader in organization who truly cares about the people you lead and are willing to serve them, I hope this will be an encouragement to you as well. The Navy Seal Creed “My loyalty to country and team […]...

Leaders are to be encouragers, not discouragers. The job of leadership is to give people a lift not to let them down. This is why cheerfulness is an important characteristic. If you want to be a leader, then you’re going to have to work on this. Some of you by nature are not naturally cheerful...

That is a law of life. Look at history. The Civil Rights movement was nothing until a man came along named Martin Luther King and said, “I have a dream” and he provided leadership. The NASA space program was nothing until a guy named John Kennedy said, “We’re going to put a m...

Encouraged teamwork.  Whenever you’ve got a project of any size and you need to organize it, realize that we accomplish so much more together than we do as individuals.   B.C. Forbes, the guy who founded Forbes magazine said, “You spell success, T-E-A-M-W-O-R-K.” Cooperation is ...

If I didn’t believe this, I wouldn’t be wasting time on writing here today. Every one of you can be a great leader. Paul wrote in Philippians 4:9, “Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me — put into practice.” Leaders are made not born. Th...

No right thinking, intelligent minded human invites danger into their otherwise safe life so we have been taught. Whenever I think of dangerous, my mind pictures the unknown lurking around the corner. Danger infects with fear and immobilizes even the strongest, fearless men and women. The mantra, &#...

If you want to know whether you’re a leader or not, simple — Look over your shoulder. Jesus said in John 10:27 “My sheep listen to my voice and I know them and they follow me.” I Cor. 11:1 Paul said, “Follow my example as I follow the example of Christ.” We all ne...

I believe that every leader should participate in a coaching network, either formally or informally. Many people in ministry, whether as a pastor or other ministry leader can benefit hugely from being coached by someone who has been where you want to go. I have been part of some informal church plan...