What words come to mind when you think of Steve Jobs? “Brilliant”, “great design”, “legendary” all may be positives that come to mind. But he also had other not so great words tied to him like “authoritarian”, “a jerk”, “obnoxious”, and “unreasonable.” The mythos of Steve Jobs's leadership style is complicated, especially if you...

"Aren't you forgetting something..." Ever worked really hard on a project only to realize you forgot something kind of important? That happened to us this week. For all the effort we put into creating the best, next Lighthouse Lessons program, learning what your biggest questions are on the topic, developing a great set of lessons, and...

“Sorry, Tim, but that's a bit out of scope for today’s discussion…” “Tina, let’s put a pin in that and talk more about this offline…” “Hey, Roger, that’s out of line. Let’s try to stay civil here…” “Who has ideas for solving that issue? Anybody? Bueller…” If you’ve ever been moderating a meeting, you know that it can go poorly...

Do you have a beginner's mindset? Are you willing to start to learn a new skill despite your comfort zone being in other areas? The last couple weeks, I really challenged myself on that question, and it was as humbling and energizing as I expected. You'll notice Lighthouse is very much driven by the written word, which is why we...

Let's talk about something that's probably driving you nuts at work: bad meetings.  You know the ones I mean - where you're sitting there thinking, "This could've been an email", or you're tempted to check out and start answering emails or working on that overdue report.  Unfortunately, these time-wasting meetings cost more than your patience....

A promise to you today: This newsletter is going to stay politically neutral and silent. I've received a number of newsletters lately on a variety of topics that felt compelled to comment on the current state of politics. All I could think is, "I don't subscribe to you for this." My promise to you is that we're going to stay out...