Years ago, I attended a wedding at Willow Creek Community Church outside Chicago. At the time, Willow Creek was one of the largest and most influential churches in the country. The wedding was in a smaller chapel, but a buddy and I sneaked into the main sanctuary. I walked up on the platform, stood behind […]
I Imagined It As Bigger Read More »
Coaching ten-year-old soccer is an exercise in herding cats who are interested only in what is right in front of them. Luckily, I was just watching. When the ball was more than a few feet away from a child, they had almost zero interest in it. But when the ball was “theirs,” they became entranced,
I Took the Correction and Missed the Opportunity Read More »
Glenda sent me emails that should have started, “Dear Sherlock,” because they required incredible detective work just to figure out what the email was about. Conversations can be like that too. What are we trying to accomplish, if anything? Sometimes it’s good to have a conversation about nothing. But when we want a conversation to
You’ve Been Talking. But About What? Read More »
I don’t use a lot of sports analogies for the simple reason that I rue the number of times I’ve told someone I’m a coach and they ask, “What sport?” But there is something strange going on in the world of basketball. Last spring, when I watched my alma mater, the University of Illinois Fighting
Are You Developing People or Just Getting Results? Read More »