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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!

Brent Stromwall
Oct 3, 20223 min read


The Cost of Winning
Emotional immaturity in a team is toxic for everyone in the room, and the business.

Brent Stromwall
Jan 20, 20224 min read


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.

Brent Stromwall
Oct 26, 20213 min read


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?

Brent Stromwall
Sep 14, 20214 min read


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...

Brent Stromwall
Jul 26, 20214 min read


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

Brent Stromwall
Apr 18, 20213 min read


The Ideal Team Has Joy-based Trust
The greatest role a leader of any team has is to create and nurture joy-based trust.

Brent Stromwall
Feb 15, 20214 min read


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...

Brent Stromwall
Dec 14, 20203 min read


Team Health
In his book, The Advantage, Patrick Lencioni says “I’ve become absolutely convinced that the seminal difference between successful...

Brent Stromwall
Dec 1, 20201 min read


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.

Brent Stromwall
Nov 27, 20208 min read


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.

Brent Stromwall
Nov 23, 20203 min read


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

Brent Stromwall
Sep 23, 20204 min read


RARE Leadership, part 3 - Relational Circuits
Leaders undermine their own success by allowing the problem to become bigger than the relationship.

Brent Stromwall
Sep 23, 20205 min read


RARE Leadership, part 2 - Becoming Overwhelmed
When working in joy, people and teams will have their greatest impact.

Brent Stromwall
Sep 23, 20204 min read


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.

Brent Stromwall
Sep 12, 20203 min read


I Will Bless You
Is the PPP loan God’s provision through the instrument of government?

Brent Stromwall
Jun 8, 20202 min read


(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.

Brent Stromwall
Apr 9, 20205 min read


Overwhelmed, Paralyzed or Lack Clarity?
Having issues is not a weakness. Identifying them and solving them will be your strength.

Brent Stromwall
Mar 16, 20201 min read


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.

Brent Stromwall
Jan 22, 20202 min read


“I Simply Don’t Know What to Do Next.”
In order to gain the benefits for himself, his employees, and his business, the owner must institute disciplined change, starting with himse

Brent Stromwall
Dec 2, 20192 min read
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