Becoming Trustworthy
Gracie McBride2026-05-28T13:49:44+00:00People often wrongly assume that being in a position of authority will automatically make them trustworthy. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. [...]
Forgiveness vs. Reconciliation
Gracie McBride2026-04-14T14:25:12+00:00Working with others will naturally result in some conflict. And how we respond to and move through that conflict says more about you than [...]
Why Mistakes Happen
Gracie McBride2025-11-03T11:10:14+00:00Making mistakes is part of being human. We are not perfect, and we will mess up. The important thing is to learn what to [...]
Living Free in Community
Gracie McBride2025-10-14T14:35:56+00:00Job interviews should be just as much about you deciding if the company is a good fit for you as it is about them [...]
Active and Observational Listening
Gracie McBride2025-05-15T13:40:27+00:00In the last article, we delved into the formula for listening: Humility + Focus + Curiosity. Listening is often an underrated part of communication, [...]
The Formula For Listening
Gracie McBride2025-05-01T15:50:59+00:00The past couple of months we have focused our articles on conflict and then on relationships. A vital component of navigating both of those [...]
Cultivating Healthy Relationships
Gracie McBride2025-04-15T07:38:27+00:00In the last article we looked at why we need relationships in order to thrive. This week we’re going to explore a few practical [...]
Why Do We Need Relationships?
Gracie McBride2025-04-01T18:02:54+00:00Genesis 2 recounts how humans are made for relationships. After God made Adam, He declared that “it is not good for man to be [...]
How Do We Resolve Conflict?
Gracie McBride2025-03-13T22:37:23+00:00Conflict on its own is a fairly neutral entity, as an unavoidable fact of life. But how we respond to conflict when it arises [...]
Why Does Conflict Exist?
Gracie McBride2025-03-02T15:57:51+00:00When working with other people, it is inevitable that conflict will exist at some point in time. That doesn’t mean that shouting matches are [...]
A Conflict of Priorities
Gracie McBride2025-02-14T16:37:47+00:00So now that you’ve defined your priorities, you should be all set for efficient and straightforward progress, right? Not if other people are involved [...]
Working as a Team
Gracie McBride2024-07-12T13:51:47+00:00As leaders, we will need to oversee, but there will also be times where we will need to work as a team. So once [...]
Building Trust on a Team
Gracie McBride2023-10-18T14:29:32+00:00How many times have you been at a conference or event and had to do one of those silly team-building exercises? Maybe it was [...]
Mediums for Communication
Gracie McBride2023-09-06T14:54:03+00:00Earlier this summer my extended family got together for a reunion, during which my second cousin learned that my grandmother knew how to text, [...]
A Village is a Village: Living in Community
Kylie2022-06-07T17:19:25+00:00You have likely heard the phrase, “it takes a village to raise a child.” In our case, it took a village to conceive one. I [...]