Lessons with Bill

I’m sure you’ve seen it —whether on Christmas cards or the annual Christmas play. There’s Mary, the tender young girl, perhaps with…

Are you getting married? Setting up a new household? There’s an oft repeated phrase: “A man shall leave his father and mother…

Building family culture—it’s not a phrase I hear often. In the business world, or the nonprofit world, we hear a lot of…

You don’t get to be in the family business just because of your last name. Most families only have a 30% chance…

Have you wondered what the difference is for lasting families? What separates these families from the rest? They intentionally pass on their…

It’s Launch Week. We would like to see these ideas—of leading and leading with faith—encourage others to greater and bigger dreams for themselves,…

The Tipping Point. It’s a famous book by Malcom Gladwell. The average person is going to have a network of 125-150 people….

How do you beat the law of the lid? Do you know what the law of the lid is? John Maxwell talks…

Does your religiosity prevent your generosity? He was nearing the end of his ministry. And his life. The religious leaders of the…

I’m not sure if you’ve ever caught the movie Avalon. It’s a 1990 Barry Levinson film that was nominated for four Academy…

One of the oldest family-owned businesses in America started in Turkey. Let me explain. In 1618, Avedis Zildjian, an Armenian metalsmith, worked…

I could see the lines of tension. Maybe tension wasn’t the right word.  Heart-wrenching sorrow?  Brokenness?  They just didn’t know what to…