CJ McClanahan talks how to lead in uncertainty when faced with the tough questions.
Find a Kevin
CJ McClanahan talks how to stay sane when the world is screaming at you to panic.
Navigating the new horizon
CJ McClanahan talks how to navigate the new horizon that novel coronavirus has brought.
Negativity in the workplace
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The Golden Rule is Dead
Stop treating people how you want to be treated. I have one hobby: reading. I don’t fish, golf or collect Star Wars figurines. I read lots of books. That’s it. Because of this diversion, I’ve noticed over the years that I frequently give others a gift that I would...
Simple Tactics for Thriving During Uncertainty
Simple Tactics for Thriving During Uncertainty Over the last 17 years, I’ve seen hundreds of “mini” crisis and a few big ones (2008/2009 ring a bell?). I get a little shaken up by all of them - just like you do. However, as leaders, we’ve got a responsibility to help...
Ditch The New Year’s Resolutions And Do This Instead
Why Resolutions Fail Ever heard of The Focus Workshop? If you were lucky (and lived in central Indiana in 2007) then you could have been one of the 100-plus attendees at my initial goal-setting program: The Focus Workshop. It was a roughly four-hour event that covered...
The Courage to Quit
The Courage to Quit "Andrew Luck is retiring!" came a scream from the living room. I was sitting on the back porch of a friend’s house with a handful of neighbors, when Mathew, my buddy’s 15-year-old sports-obsessed son broke the news. "It’s got to be a joke," we all...
A New Definition of Success
What does “success” mean anyway? For thousands of years, people have been striving to feel successful. For the last 100 or so, the definition has included – “out-achieve everyone else.”
5 Reasons Why Mentoring Others Will Help You Succeed (Even More)
It’s been said many times before by people much smarter than I, everything you want to do in your life has already been done by someone else.