We’ve all heard the word “credibility” thrown around in business and leadership before—especially in today’s culture. Your credibility and legacy is your most valuable...

Every leader is an agent of change. Before you make changes, however, you must ask yourself if you have the margin to do so. Many organizations get into trouble because they rush changes when...

What is capacity? It’s the margin and space we have for taking on new things. All of us have things on our plate right now—no matter what stage of life you’re in or what your...

Honor and respect are two quite different things. While respect is based on what you do, honor is based on who you are. It should be our goal to live every day in such a way that those we lead can...

I talk and write a lot about the importance of culture, and how it’s formed. Today, I want to talk about maintaining culture, which is something leaders seldom give themselves time to think...

There are three main things you need alignment in for your organization to run smoothly: vision, resources, and people. Any difficulty in moving forward is probably due to one or more of these...

All of us go through seasons in our leadership where we’re primarily receiving from others. I like to refer to this as the receiving stage. Especially when we first start out, we rely on...

All organizations have executives; but not every executive is skilled at execution—getting things done. In order to ensure execution, ask “Who does what by when?"

There’s a space between seasons that I like to call “the meantime.” In this space, you are not here and not there. You aren’t where you used to be, but you also...

Often, we don’t consider the change in leadership between leading things and leading people—but this shift is a big one. Be careful about how you move your leaders, and be sure to...