Organizational Character is an organization’s demonstrated values. Some leaders let culture happen. Leaders need to be as intentional with their culture as they are with their tactics. Coach...
Organizational Character is an organization’s demonstrated values. Some leaders let culture happen. Leaders need to be as intentional with their culture as they are with their tactics. Coach...
Will you be a leader who understands that even high performers can be bad for the team? Inheriting an employee who has been allowed to behave poorly is...
Maintaining standards is a daily test of a leader’s character. Nobody and no team ever drifts their way into excellence in anything. But drift happens. We drift...
It is leadership development malpractice to ignore this issue. Have you been in this situation: After being promoted, you realize you are leading a former peer who...
“If not me, then who? If not now, then when?” When I ask audiences, “what do great leaders do?” The most frequent answer is “They lead by example.” ...
Being unreliable is a habit. Duty is a habit as well. Whichever one you practice, it will become a habit. We all drop the ball sometimes. We forgot...
Which do you want to lead – a compliant group or a committed team? I see this dynamic in the fire service, in law enforcement, in the military,...
The easy way is a cop out for leaders. I can succumb to taking the easy way. I let internal arguments be settled by what seems the easiest....
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...
Okay friends! You knew this day was coming. Today is the day to order the audiobook version of Becoming a Leader of Character is available NOW! Please order...
We manage resources and processes. We lead people. In the next 90 seconds I discuss a leader’s moral obligaiton to the people on the team. If the people...
You never drift towards excellence. Excellence is only achieved with intentionality. Becoming a Leader of Character takes intentionality. Watch my story in this 106 second video and think...
How we are is who we are? The habits we display regularly determine our character. What choices do you make in difficult circumstances? Whatever they are, they will...
The next 117 seconds focuses on the difference between leaders who manage compliant groups and leaders who lead committed teams. Which would you rather have? It all comes...
Don’t be lazy and demand compliance. Put in the effort now to inspire the commitment. The leaders who have to work the hardest are the leaders who demand...
