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By: Nicole Karnowski John Maxwell’s 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth is unparalleled when it comes to personal growth. This book is chock-full of great nuggets to help you grow. By far my favorite chapter and the law I love most is The Law of Reflection. It simply says, “Learning to pause allows growth to catch…

By: Amy Malay Have you ever picked a “word of the year” for your life? Along with many friends and colleagues, I have been doing this for the last several years. In fact, we usually share with each other what word we have chosen and why. It’s a powerful way to bring focus and intention…

By: David Miles, Ph.D. Are you new in a leadership role or have recently been transferred to lead a new team, department, or division within your organization? If so, one of the leadership skills that is crucial is the ability to motivate our teams each and every day.   Traditionally, organizations have looked at outdated…

By: Joyce Kaduki My favorite law from John C Maxwell’s best-selling book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership is the Law of Process. In this law, John teaches that leadership develops daily, not in a day. It is a great lesson about not overestimating the importance of events and underestimating the power of process. The…

By: Jill Windelspecht One of my favorite laws in John C. Maxwell’s 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership is the Law of Influence.   The Law of Influence says, “The true measure of leadership is influence – nothing more, nothing less.”  John tells us that there are several factors that come into play when it comes…

By: Trudy Menke Think back – do you remember those episodes of Star Trek, especially those really old ones from the 1960’s that used the Universal Translator to help the crew of the Enterprise as they were seeking new civilizations and boldly going where no man had gone before? The Universal Translator allowed the crew…

By: Marie Cosgrove I vividly remember a beautiful, sunny afternoon. I was overwhelmingly happy in the car with my family—after all, it was a glorious, warm afternoon in the fall–highly unusual for Dayton, OH, where the weather is usually cold. That was until the phone rang.  My brother-in-law gave us horrible news. I went from…