Teamwork is tricky. Even when you have the right people on the team, you deal with different personalities, styles, and competencies. With this in mind, how can teams succeed? The answer can be found in jazz music. From a young age, my parents had me involved in music. Quickly, I found that I enjoyed playing

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“Why do we even meet?” I thought to myself after walking to my office from an exhausting two hour meeting. Another hour long meeting of not accomplishing anything. People were uninterested and unengaged, most were on their phones or computers. How do we fix this issue? Do we stop having meetings? Businesses have accepted that

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Event Planning

Daniel was so excited to start his new marketing job for a nationally known lighting company. As he was settling into his new role, he had a strange meeting with his boss. Daniel was in charge of the company-wide, end-of-year picnic. He had never done event planning in his life, or so he thought.

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Humility is hard. Especially when you put a bunch of people together for 40-50 hours a week, crammed in tight work-spaces and forced to work together for an end goal. It is hard not to take the credit. It is hard to remember your weaknesses in the face of other people’s weaknesses. It is hard

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Society talks about the heart a great deal. Daily we hear people using the phrase “the heart” in many different contexts. We see it as the center of emotion, as an organ and in these different phrases: “Don’t break my heart” ”I love you with my whole heart” “I was so nervous, my heart was beating

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My heart is in turmoil over the past few weeks—like many people. These days, I feel like I’m on a journey that I didn’t ask to be on, with storms I don’t know how to weather, and maps that confuse me. This morning I stumbled upon this prayer titled, “Voyage.” Which spoke directly to this

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Kalief Browder

One week ago I finished “TIME: The Kalief Browder Story.” Kalief’s story changed me. In this article, I will (try) to explain how a young African-American student who spent three years on Rikers Island without ever being convicted of a crime solidified my understanding of the criminal justice system in America. First, if you have not

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Hate is a strong word. I hate the flu. I hate being sick. There is nothing worse than having the flu. In sickness, I become grumpy, short-tempered and self-focused. I do not want to talk to anyone, and I like to spend my sickness watching The Price is Right and sleeping. Sickness reminds us both

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Visionary Leadership is all about impacting our communities and the world with the gospel of the good news about Jesus and helping Christians become fully devoted disciples of Jesus. True leadership is always forward thinking and forward moving. Leadership is all about taking people from where they are to where they could be, following a

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