The everyday heroes you know have probably said something similar. I love movies where people do heroic things. I read biographies and novels like The Gray Man series,...
The everyday heroes you know have probably said something similar. I love movies where people do heroic things. I read biographies and novels like The Gray Man series,...
Bold resistance shuts down bullying better than a carefully worded policy in the workplace. Our society has put a lot of needed emphasis on bullying in schools recently....
Knowing what you stand for clarifies your moral obligations. When you witness someone do something heroic do you ever ask, “What made them do that?” I know I...
Leaders of Character focus on what can be done and lead hopeful teams. Cynics focus on what might not work and create helpless individuals. Some people are very...
Will your drifting get you where you want to go? Leadership is uncomfortable. You can not lead well and maintain your comfort. Choosing our comfort will never get...
Do we scream at the tide and wonder why the tide isn’t listening? Doggedly holding onto the status quo while our organization changes strategies or shifts to a...
Few people set their sights on being a hypocrite. Most of us believe that Integrity is important and want to see ourselves and have others see us as...
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...
