Train as You’ll Fight!
Great coaches and military leaders know their teams must train the same way they plan to fight. Sloppy training? Sloppy behaviors. Slow practice? Slow execution when it matters. It always matters! For...
View ArticleWhat Do You Make?
The things we make…make us. That’s what Jeep declared last summer when they unveiled their newest creation. I thought it was brilliant. It just begs the question: What do you make? “A business...
View ArticleFour Steps to Unleash the Power of Confidence
Great leaders find a way to build confident teams. It’s one of the most overlooked facets of amazing leadership: How do you get your team to believe in themselves? Do you send them to watch...
View ArticleLeaders Should be Leadership Experts First
Surprisingly, I’ve met many leaders who don’t care much about leadership. They would rather be an expert in their “primary function” such as marketing, finance, sales, or engineering. Leadership is a...
View ArticleLife is a Game of Inches
Rarely does one succeed or fail by much. Usually, 8pm Warriors that make something great during their lives can point to key situations where success happened by an inch or two. It might be the...
View ArticleLeadership Lessons from Joe Paterno and Penn State
This Joe Paterno and Penn State leadership child molestation cover up is sickening. What’s even worse is that some of it could have been easily avoided. The pain and shame so many feel right now was...
View ArticleYour Team is Looking for a Good Fight
Organizations will either come together in a fight for a common goal, or turn inward and fight each other. Look at any club, family, church, department, nation, or business you are a part of. When...
View Article10 Different Ways to Say Thank You on Thanksgiving
Regardless of how hard the last year has been, there are still so many things to be thankful for. Everyone thanks differently, but leaders must thank bigger and never leave doubt of their...
View ArticleWhen Leadership Doesn’t Matter
Leadership doesn’t matter if… You don’t need to innovate No one competes with your group Everything is automated There is no turnover in staff Everyone knows what your company does Congrats to those...
View Article6 Leadership Lessons from the Costa Concordia Captain
Were there any leaders on the Costa Concordia? No joke, I just got off a cruise ship today owned by the same company. We watched the news updates of the Costa Concordia sinking while sailing on our...
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