Category Archives: Influence

Steep Yourself in God-Reality

Verse above my desk for the year —- Scripture: Matthew 6: 31-34 MSG “What I’m trying to do here is get you to relax! Don’t be so preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God’s giving. People who don’t know God and the way He works fuss over these things, but you know GodContinue reading “Steep Yourself in God-Reality”

The Most Powerful Tool for Good

“You truly don’t know how valuable something is until it’s gone.” This well-known axiom has taken on a new meaning over the last week as I’ve struggled with laryngitis. Now bear with me if the following sounds a bit melodramatic, because I am going somewhere with this! At one point, my voice was completely goneContinue reading “The Most Powerful Tool for Good”

Lead Like A Rookie

Listen in to my interview with Brandon Burton, Founder of ChamberChat Podcast, regarding my own leadership journey. The link to the episode is at the conclusion of this post: “Lindsay Keisler brings her experience into our discussion this week to share how sometimes thinking like a rookie although on the surface seems like a bigContinue reading “Lead Like A Rookie”

Leadership Advice Worth Following

What’s the best leadership advice you have ever received? Sometimes, it takes just a small sound bite to inspire, motivate, or keep you focused. I reflected this week on some of the advice I’ve been given along the way and thought I’d pass along the favor.    1)   Surround yourself with inspiring beings  Those words are prominently displayedContinue reading “Leadership Advice Worth Following”

(Some) Lessons from 2020

One cannot thrive through times of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) without consistent truth spoken into him/her. Necessity, is indeed, the mother of invention. Overcoming toughness through creativity and grit is resiliency. Most have it, some won’t and don’t. Don’t write “What does a 100% virtual Chamber look like?” on your vision board for theContinue reading “(Some) Lessons from 2020”

Understand and respect those who have served the USA

I hope when you discover that a person you meet served in the military you always thank them for their service. But then what do you say? Like anything in which you associate yourself, it has a unique culture – ideals, standards, rituals, and even language – the military is no different. For those of us who haveContinue reading “Understand and respect those who have served the USA”

“You were made for such a time as this.”

“You were made for such a time as this.” is a statement that I play repeatedly in my mind as I push forward and lead my team, our organization and the business community in these unprecedented times. I find the most irony in the fact that the military term, “VUCA” (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity),Continue reading ““You were made for such a time as this.””

Lifting the anchor is crucial

The words, equally beautiful and potent, found in the Declaration of Independence, came to represent a moral standard to which the United States should strive. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, andContinue reading “Lifting the anchor is crucial”

Lives or Livelihoods? Both.

The dichotomy between public health and economic health, I believe, will go down in history as the most divisive debate of the century. Restarting the economy to protect livelihoods is being placed in direct competition with protecting lives from this highly contagious and at times, fatal disease. Coronavirus-19 has wreaked havoc and caused major damage, someContinue reading “Lives or Livelihoods? Both.”