Brent Stromwall
Joy By Design
Part of community requires us to relate and experience joy. That means someone is glad to be with us. We show this through appreciation.
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Brent Stromwall
- Oct 3, 2022
- 3 min
Pay Attention
It takes an average of 15 minutes for the brain to reorient after a distraction. The cost of distraction adds up. Here's how to minimize it!
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Brent Stromwall
- Jan 20, 2022
- 4 min
The Cost of Winning
Emotional immaturity in a team is toxic for everyone in the room, and the business.
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Brent Stromwall
- Oct 26, 2021
- 3 min
Do I Belong Here?
Leaders should create a strong sense of belonging for all of their employees. It is good for your business and good for their health.
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Brent Stromwall
- Sep 14, 2021
- 4 min
Where are the Mature Leaders?
What we are seeing from our leaders reminds us of two children fighting over toys in the sandbox. Where are the mature leaders?
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Brent Stromwall
- Jul 26, 2021
- 4 min
Employee Joy Yields Employee Engagement
You and your employees and teams will perform better – at their best – only when you all are in joy. A joy-filled team is more effective...
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Brent Stromwall
- Apr 18, 2021
- 3 min
RARE Leadership Part 5 - Defining Joy in a Team
What if your employees liked working and being with you so much that they were willing to make sacrifices without incentive? What if they di
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Brent Stromwall
- Feb 15, 2021
- 4 min
The Ideal Team Has Joy-based Trust
The greatest role a leader of any team has is to create and nurture joy-based trust.
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Brent Stromwall
- Dec 14, 2020
- 3 min
Protecting Yourself and Others
Over the years I’ve learned that when others talk too much, too long, too loud, or too closely, I can experience negative emotions, or...
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Brent Stromwall
- Dec 1, 2020
- 1 min
Team Health
In his book, The Advantage, Patrick Lencioni says “I’ve become absolutely convinced that the seminal difference between successful...
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Brent Stromwall
- Nov 27, 2020
- 8 min
Logical or Relational: The Anatomy of an Ideal Team
We were designed to process pain in a healthy way, but few of us are aware of this or have learned how.
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Brent Stromwall
- Nov 23, 2020
- 3 min
Too Much. Too Long. Too Loud. Too Close.
Every single environment that we’re in presents the likely chance we will get triggered creating barriers to team health and productivity.
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Brent Stromwall
- Sep 23, 2020
- 4 min
RARE Leadership, part 4 - Act Like Yourself
Mature people stay calm and relational regardless of intense emotions. They’re the people who are glad to be with you, and you are glad to
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Brent Stromwall
- Sep 23, 2020
- 5 min
RARE Leadership, part 3 - Relational Circuits
Leaders undermine their own success by allowing the problem to become bigger than the relationship.
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Brent Stromwall
- Sep 23, 2020
- 4 min
RARE Leadership, part 2 - Becoming Overwhelmed
When working in joy, people and teams will have their greatest impact.
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Brent Stromwall
- Sep 12, 2020
- 3 min
RARE Leadership, part 1 - Leadership vs Management
Managers manage things, activities, and tasks to do what is expected of them. ...Leaders lead a person or group of people.
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Brent Stromwall
- Jun 8, 2020
- 2 min
I Will Bless You
Is the PPP loan God’s provision through the instrument of government?
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Brent Stromwall
- Apr 9, 2020
- 5 min
(Over)reacting to Economic Recessions
We can be calm and optimistic about the future. History demonstrates that the down cycles within our economy are real. And so is recovery.
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Brent Stromwall
- Mar 16, 2020
- 1 min
Overwhelmed, Paralyzed or Lack Clarity?
Having issues is not a weakness. Identifying them and solving them will be your strength.
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Brent Stromwall
- Jan 22, 2020
- 2 min
The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship
As much as I wanted to protect my wife and children from the anxiety I had about my business, they could see and sense it loud and clear.
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