In this short discussion, Paul Richardson and Mike O’Quin unpack three essential elements of spiritually healthy organizations, using the acronym P.A.C. What are those three ingredients? You’ll have to listen to find out… Click below to hear the conversation or search for “Faith Activators” in the iTunes store to subscribe to this podcast. Pac-Man Leadership …
How are your team building skills? Are you helping the people on your team find their unique places and empowering them toward collective goals? In this audio podcast, the last one in a series on Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Paul Richardson, author of A Certain Risk, and Mike O’Quin, author of Growing Desperate, unpack the EQ category …
IMAGINE HOW RICH our relationships could be if we learned to see the world through another person’s eyes, feel the weight of their burdens, understand their fears, and rejoice when their hearts leap with joy. Listen in on the conversation as Paul Richardson, author of A Certain Risk, and Mike O’Quin, author of Growing Desperate, talk honestly about …
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What gets you out of bed on Monday morning? Researchers have consistently found that intrinsic motivation in leaders’ lives beat extrinsic motivation hands down. A person with a desire to make a difference in the world is going to be more passionate and find more joy in their work over the long-term than someone only …
The Apostle Paul described it 2,000 years ago, identifying this amazing super-power quality as being so remarkable and rare that it is evidence of the Spirit of the Creator within a person. Now researchers are finding that the ability to regulate oneself is an instrumental quality in all aspects of effectiveness. Listen in as Paul …
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Leonidas at Thermopylae By Paul Richardson DO YOU SEE THIS PAINTING? I SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS staring at it when I was a little boy. My dad kept a book about ancient Greece and Rome. From the time I was four or five years old, I would often pull it off the shelf, take it to …
Daniel Goleman defines self-awareness as “knowing one’s strengths, weaknesses, drives, values, and impact on others.”[i] In his research and writings on Emotional Intelligence (EQ), leaders high in this emotional competency are more effective and successful than those who are less aware of their impact on others. In this podcast series, Paul Richardson, author of A Certain …
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How We See Changes Everything By Faith Wilson, Guest Contributor I glanced over at the student sitting next to me. Drawing with ease, a perfectly beautiful image was emerging onto her sketch pad. She hummed contentedly as her skilled hand began to deftly shade in her masterpiece. I looked at my own sketch pad. It …
The outlandishness of God’s grace is well described in an analogy I heard years ago which differentiates between justice, mercy and grace. Justice is getting what you deserve. A police officer pulls you over for speeding and gives you a ticket. Mercy is not getting what you deserve. A police officer pulls you over for …
How's Your Love Life? Do you experience intimacy with your Creator? Can you look back over your life and see his footprints next to yours? Or do you just know about God through the stories about him? This message could very well change your life. Click below to listen to this audio podcast, or search …