The Leading Edge

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…

By: Nicole Karnowski Are you one of the millions who make a New Year’s resolution in January only to find it has failed after a few weeks? Well you are not alone. One statistic found only 8-percent of people actually kept their resolutions. Another report from Business Insider found that 80-percent of resolutions fail by…

By: Amy Modglin Have you ever listened to a motivational speaker? What made you want to listen to them? What attracted you to go listen to them?  Were they talking about something that you were interested in? I have had people ask me if I do motivational speaking. I am a leader who loves questions…

By: Annica Törneryd If you like to listen to motivational speakers, you have probably heard of Les Brown, one of my personal favorites. Listening to him is simply amazing. It’s almost impossible not to have to stand up straight, with teary eyes and proclaim, “I am the one, I’ve got greatness within.” If you haven’t already…

By: Shenan Toote   As a physician, I’m constantly learning new things and applying new concepts that affect my level of understanding in healthcare and also the care that I provide to others. Although I love medicine, it involved an arduous and tortuous path for me that left me wondering at times… “Why?” “Why am…

By: Noel Martinez Are you sure people understand your message the way you intend it? Using the “right words” in the right context, in my experience, is not enough. Being polite and courteous, for example, is necessary but not sufficient to establish a sound communication. In other words, paraphrasing my friend John C. Maxwell, we…

By: Velma Knowles If you ask 100 different people what leadership is, you could get over 200 different answers, because the concept of leadership is forever changing. However, I believe there is a lost art to leadership that many of us seek and only a few of us find. So, what is leadership? What is…

By: Jesse Smith A question I often get is, “Jesse, what do you see as the most important quality for a leader to possess?”  I don’t know if I’ll ever come up with an answer for that.  There are so many qualities that good leaders possess.  Narrowing it down to one is close to impossible. Over…

By: Randy Wheeler   “If you show people how much you care and ask questions in a nonthreatening way, you’ll be amazed by how much they’ll tell you.”  John C. Maxwell,  Becoming a Person of Influence Confession:  I am a very opinionated person.  I have an amazing wife who has helped me learn not to be…

By: Anza Goodbar I was first introduced to John Maxwell’s books in the 1990s while I was still figuring out what I wanted to do with my life and career. At the time, I was working for a prominent Christian non-profit that was experiencing explosive growth.   The IT department, where I had just started working,…