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What if you could achieve more in business without burning out or adding anything to your plate? Sounds like a dream, but it doesn’t have to be. If you’re in business leadership or management, the pressure to succeed is great. Working long hours and leading a team often takes a massive toll on your health, draining you of fresh vision and effective leadership. Unfortunately, too many leaders ignore the signs of burnout and stress, running on empty until something goes wrong. But you don’t have to wait for your personal or work life to fall apart. As a business leader, it’s vital to ...

As a leader, the last thing we want is to look stupid. But imagine if embracing what you don’t know was the smartest thing you could ever do? A great leader isn’t invested in looking like they have all the right answers; they learn to ask all the right questions instead. Whether it's in life, leadership, or in your organization, staying humble and open to new information could be the difference between success and failure. Embrace What You Don’t Know: A Stupid Guide to Smart Business Leadership will help you: ask the right questions in life and leadership lead more effectively by ...

In the Caverns is about grief and change. While the pain that accompanies both can be a wise teacher, many will not listen. The pressure to get “back to normal” often short-circuits the process, and people miss the opportunity to learn. In 2015, David Achata (MDiv, PCC) was one of the forty-three million caregivers in North America. He provides a rare, transparent, and detailed look into his life as caregiver to his mother and the struggles that follow the loss of a parent. He invites us to think of grief not as an enemy to overcome, but as a friend sent to guide us into a new phase of ...