Overachieving Without Overdoing It

Overachieving Without Overdoing It

Part 2 of 2 So, in my last blog post, I talked about how most overachievers have something difficult, something challenging in their pasts that spurs them to overachieve. For some people, overachieving is the mind’s way of moving past the past. For others, their...
The Challenges of Overachievers

The Challenges of Overachievers

Part 1 of 2 Let’s talk today about overachievers and their challenges. Not the challenges they face each day as they meet and exceed expectations and goals (they are overachievers, after all). But instead, I’m talking about the challenges that make these people into...
Getting in Touch

Getting in Touch

After a recent mass at our church, our pastor made this announcement: “If anyone’s trying to communicate with the church by going to the church’s website, the link to email the church is not working.” The pastor gave us his email address and suggested that if any of...
Twenty Feet from Stardom

Twenty Feet from Stardom

At one time or another in our careers, we’ve all probably said to ourselves, “If I were in charge, I would handle things differently. I would start focusing on X and stop focusing on Y. I would close a division or let someone go or communicate more effectively or set...
A Father’s Letter to His Sons

A Father’s Letter to His Sons

With Father’s Day coming up, I decided to write a letter to my sons about how to play the “man game.” I call it the “man game,” but, really, being the best man you can possibly be is serious business. I wanted to write down my advice right now in case God pulls my...
Vacation

Vacation

Summer’s here, and it’s time again to go somewhere with your family/friends and do something fun away from the office. I recently had an executive confide in me that he hated to go on vacation! It’s not that he didn’t want to be with his family and his friends. It was...
The Story of Two Wolves

The Story of Two Wolves

I recently attended the 58th annual Greater Birmingham Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast. It’s held on the first Thursday in May each year, which also happens to be the National Day of Prayer. At the local event, mayors from around the Birmingham area come together to promote...
Company Culture

Company Culture

As we discussed in our “When Too Much is Not a Good Thing” blog, these days, employees often have the upper hand. Labor shortages mean they can ask for more (pay, benefits, flexibility, etc.) and they expect more from their companies in other ways, too. They want to...
When Too Much is Not a Good Thing

When Too Much is Not a Good Thing

Recently a manager came to me for career advice. He had worked at a well-respected company for more than a decade. While this company was not one of my clients, I knew he had enjoyed working there. But now he was deeply unhappy.  Over the last couple of years,...