Leadership Transition & Succession
Leaders: These are top three (maybe four) problems with being normal
Most leaders have a complicated relationship with normality. Usually, they want to lead something special. Many want to stand out,…
Succeeding Success: How to Lead Boldly When Replacing a Respected Leader
How do you honor a predecessor’s legacy while leading boldly? Very few new executives would be excited to take the…
The 6 Ingredients for Building Freedom: How to get out of the day-to-day
“I feel maxed out. I can’t breathe.” “I hate looking at my phone. It’s always packed full of messages asking…
Guitar Licks and Leadership Tricks: Mastery Explored
They say that the guitar is the easiest instrument to learn but the most difficult to master. I recently picked…
Succession Success: Priming the Next Executive Leader
Bad news first: Most executive successions fail. The research tends to peg failure rates around 66% for small and medium-sized…
Dead Mice, My Garage, and Your Business: Things that Should be Cleaned up
I recently cleaned and organized a corner of my garage. The level of pride and satisfaction that this generates is…
The Truth Will Set You Free. But Before it Will, You Have to do This
The truth will set you free. But you have to accept it first. The best leaders look reality straight in…
How to Get an Extra 20% in Performance with No New Staff, Customers, or Tools
Have you ever pulled a garden hose around your house to find it doesn’t reach as far as you thought?…
Why DEI and ESG aren’t Worth the Attention Paid to Them
In elementary school, I learned to be nice to others. Name-calling and bullying weren’t allowed. We were expected to include…
Why I Care About Leadership
Leadership Motivation When I was young, I had ideas about changing the world. So, I set out to do that….