Whichever choice we make in tough circumstances, that choice will be contagious. They will lead our teams towards despair or towards hope. In today’s world, hope is needed...
Whichever choice we make in tough circumstances, that choice will be contagious. They will lead our teams towards despair or towards hope. In today’s world, hope is needed...
Without Courage, any talk of character is just theoretical. You need Courage to put those words into action. Name one good thing you have ever accomplished that did...
“The Worst Class Ever!” – Former Commandant of Cadets I just spent an entire weekend with some of America’s greatest leaders. They are 4 star generals leading at...
Show me a leader without a little dirt under their fingernails, and I’ll show you a leader who is falling short. Recently, my 90 year old father, The...
There are a lot of lonely “winners” out there. Narcissistic people can win. Even stupid people can win sometimes! Sometimes winning is just about getting lucky. Often, there...
Exercising Humility doesn’t mean you have less conviction. It means treating people with different convictions with respect and not as adversaries. In our society today, leaders in politics,...
You don’t need an MBA, JD, or PHD to become a Leader of Character. There is a crisis in leadership in our society today. That probably doesn’t surprise...
Who does most of the talking in your meetings? Meetings. Some of you just had a full body shiver. Meetings are often listed as the biggest time wasters...
The first step to solving a problem is admitting you have one. In the early 2000s, I realized I was not the person I wanted to be. If...
If we value something, we are intentional with it. I love my Yeti! My Yeti keeps my cold drinks cold and my hot drinks hot! I paid extra...
“The smallest of steps complete the grandest of journeys.” – Kyle Carpenter Imagine if your whole life radically changed in a split second. You lose your eyesight, your...
Just over a year ago, I retired from the Baltimore Police Department, where I had served as a police officer for 25 years. In reflecting upon what I...
Ironically, leaders become stronger when they share their weaknesses. Some leaders would rather eat a bug than admit to others they made a mistake or had a weakness....
When we choose the path of most resistance, we are choosing to be the type of leaders people at our work, our spouses, and our children WANT to...
Excuses hold many people with talent and great opportunities back, while others with fewer gifts and the deck stacked against them, move forward and succeed. What is that...
