Creating Your New Year Vision: Start With BE, Not DO
As you solidify your plan for the coming year in your personal life, with your team at work, with your spouse or family, or the organization you serve, I invite…
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Giving Presence This Season
I like giving presents to people at this stage in my life more than I can ever recall. I will give some gifts this Christmas that will bring joy for…
So, Let’s Not Do That (Leadership Lessons)
This is a reminder to myself. But, I’m also giving you permission to consider for your life and work. We’re at that time of year when we begin to put our plans…
What Mom’s Meatloaf Taught Me About Branding & Communication Skills
Okay, I’ll say it. Meatloaf has the worst brand of any food on the planet. Okay, I’ll explain. I guess I must since you’re not in my head. I can’t recall ever…
Is Anything Festering On Your Team? (What Is Culture?)
fester : to become painful and infected : to become worse as time passes I remember getting a scrape on my arm as a child while playing football in the…
The Irrefutable Power Of Teams (inspirational thoughts)
The car door slammed shut and my son’s fourth grade body leapt into the back seat of my car. His football pads rattled back and forth as he slid into his…
Attentiveness (one of the overlooked leadership skills)
“This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing that I know—that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness.” – Mary Oliver In a multi-tasking world, attentiveness is…
Attack The Day
You can see the enthusiasm in his eyes when Shaka Smart, Head Men’s Basketball Coach at the University of Texas, encourages those around him to, “Attack The Day.” It’s a…
Freaky Fast & Thoughtfully Great (Leadership Lessons From Jimmy John’s)
The challenge was on. I was standing at the most creative retreat center on the planet, sparkspace, and staring at their founder and good friend, Mark Henson. Our mind-blowing creative…
Cast Down Your Bucket & Lead Where You Are
In his 1895 Cotton States Exposition address, Civil Rights leader Booker T. Washington, urged his followers to “Cast down your bucket where you are.” He challenged those listening (and…
