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...
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...
If comfort is our goal, we will stagnate. There are a lot of external challenges that are thrown in a leader’s path – market shifts, policy changes, poor...
Lets face it! We rarely pass tests if we fail to prepare for those tests. If you are waiting on some big defining moment for you to prove...
Hope is a great thing to have, but it is a lousy leadership strategy. You can’t just hope your people or children make wise decisions, you have to...
The deadly combination of fear and pride are the reason for most failures in character. And we all have had times when our character failed us. When you...
Venting is a short term release of pressure. Whining is the long term wallowing and spreading of useless despair. What did you do the last time the S—t...
The headlines are all too common. Business, politics, law enforcement, and education all have sad stories about catastrophic failures of leadership. But these people are rarely incompetent. They...
Did you just have a bad day or wake up on the wrong side of the bed? What’s your response? How does that effect your character and your...
If you make the new leader continue to pay for the sins of the previous one, will things ever get better? Heads up! This is a story about...
When we work on our consistency, we are working on our character. “Walking on eggshells.” “Not one of her people.” “Never knowing where we stand.” Her team didn’t...
If you live by the law of averages, that’s what you will be – average. A fourth quarter comeback won’t happen if a team looks at the odds....
Create a culture that assumes good intentions when errors are made rather than incompetence. “Life is 10 percent of what happens to me, and 90 percent how I...
Surround yourself with positive people, and soon you will find joy, happiness and hope in all situations. – COL (R) Troy Prairie, MD “It will never work.” “I...
A leader in mistake prevention mode is also in growth prevention mode. What happens after the previous regime leaves an organization in the ditch? A lot of new...
