Everyone has a bad day. But how do we behave when we are having a bad day says something about our character. What choices we make can prove...
Everyone has a bad day. But how do we behave when we are having a bad day says something about our character. What choices we make can prove...
Everyone else is not stupid. People who disagree with me are not evil. When someone makes a mistake, they are not incompetent. A person who has a different...
“Just shut up!” is a quote I’ve heard to often in my life. I am like a lot of extroverts out there. I need to exercise the Humility...
Your emotions will deceive you and cause you to fall short of your calling as a leader. I felt like roasting him! He was one of the most...
Forty-one years ago this week, I entered the United States Military Academy at West Point. We were the Class of 1988. In our first week, we had to...
Nobody trusts somebody who doesn’t trust them. Yet, even though many leaders want to be trusted, they don’t trust their people first. Could you get burned? Yes. But...
Believe it or not, sometimes leaders get it wrong. All leaders are wrong sometimes. Do you know why? Because they are human. We are human, and we are...
Choosing to work on your chronic lateness is a good place to work on your character. Why are some people always on time and others are always late?...
Standards and values test the leader’s Integrity. When I work with individual leaders and entire organizations the problem is rarely a lack of standards and core values. The...
You are who your actions prove you are! Who we think we are only reflects our own point of view. What I think about myself and who I...
My best friend, Donnie Tillar, was the one who convinced me to go to West Point. Donnie was a year older than I was. Thanks to his persuasiveness,...
Friction sharpens the blade. Unproductive conflict is everywhere. We see it modeled in Washington DC and on our cable news shows. We see it modeled in businesses and...
“What did I just learn?” When you fail, you have two choices. You can wallow in that failure or you can learn from it. It is your choice....
Self! If you want to be a Leader of Character, you can’t let that word blur your vision. If you do, you are in danger of falling into...
When a leader never admits their faults, they are essentially saying, “I am perfect.” As a young and naive manager, I thought people wouldn’t trust me if I...
