To wish every situation would be filled with ease and peace is to be naive. When circumstances go sideways, stress hits us head-on.

Hear me leader…

• You are going to face pain.
• People are...

Of all of the tensions you will face as a leader, the tension you will have the most self-doubt and inner turmoil over is the tension around the people you lead. 

I am talking about team...

Can I be gut-level honest with you?

I see far too many leaders shy away from something that really hurts their team.

What is it?

Confronting poor performance or poor behavior.

Possibly flowing from...

In today’s reality of shrinking budgets and uncertain futures, many organizations we are coaching are promoting leaders from within rather than making outside hires.

As part of our framework...

Last year, I had the privilege of attending an event with my friend, Bill High (The Signatry). Bill’s extensive work with Hobby Lobby allowed me to connect with and learn directly from David...

It’s essential that we use our organization to build people rather than using people to build our organization.

Here are ten ways to do that in a gentle, kind way—

#1 =...

I have a confession. 

I am a recovering perfectionist. By nature things are rarely ever “good enough.” I did say I am recovering. I have grown tremendously in this area. 

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Ever heard a good leader say, “Don’t do what I do, do what I say?”

Umm… no!

We want to be people who have complete alignment between what we say and what we do…

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