Leadership: Facts and Reality

Leaders frequently become frustrated because those who are meant to follow; employees, constituents, members, followers, etc., often don’t see things the same as they do. Consequently, divisions and divisiveness occur which almost always results in lack of progress. While creating alignment behind a single vision … Read more

Humility and Leadership

“Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.”~ Thomas Merton Good leaders are humble. I know in this current environment it’s hard to see and appreciate the truly humble leader but I think you will find they actually outnumber those who are not. Humility … Read more

Kindness, Character & Community Matter

David Brooks wrote an interesting piece this week about Communities of Character and what some schools are doing to teach this. What struck me most about the article and the school described, was the focus on kindness and caring as opposed to our traditional focus … Read more

Is a Happy Workforce Possible?

  A recent New York Times Op-Ed piece “Why You Hate Work” pointed out that just 30% of the American workforce is satisfied. That’s a pretty dismal number and does not bode well for productivity, which in turn, affects the bottom line. Only 13% of … Read more

Events Are Neutral

We assign meaning to most things that happen in life. The meaning is dependent upon a combination of many things including our beliefs, our experiences, and our values. Once we’ve assigned this meaning, we then “feel” a certain way as a result of our interpretation … Read more

Who’s Got Your Back?

I had the amazing privilege to see the Seahawks play the Patriots in Gillette Stadium recently and I was pleasantly surprised. I was surprised that football fans are great. They are perfectly fine with a differing point-of-view, passionate about theirs, and happy to have the … Read more

Time to Lead

As we all watch our nation pick a new leader, it strikes me that this election has, unfortunately, had very little to do with leadership. I got to thinking that this can happen in our companies too, focus is lost, goals are diverted and conversations … Read more