Trust does not develop without an evaluation of someone’s track record. Your perception of your trustworthiness doesn’t matter. You are only as trustworthy as the consistency of your actions! Your act...

Lions are known for their fierceness—they charge, they attack, and they roar. Maybe your roar has become a purr. The lion leader within you must return, and creating chaos is a great way to do it. Sto...

Where there's tension in the room, there’s paralysis—but tension is actually the solution to itself, not the problem. If you want to break tension, you must give it the attention it deserves by exposi...

A new future means shedding old paradigms. You have outgrown them and need new thoughts to align with a new future. Thoughts have an expiration date—you have to throw them out and replace them with fr...

Never lose sight of the culture of your organization. A neglected culture will shake your foundation and swallow up your vision. The direction of your organization will take a sharp left turn and it w...

Leaders either lead smaller organizations or larger organizations. What distinguishes the two has nothing to do with their resources, and everything to do with their tolerance of pain and willingness ...

Your organization could look a bit like a narrow inlet right now—it may be time for you to broaden your canal with updated systems and structures. Re-organize your systems, then put the proper people ...

The speed at which your future is approaching is not slowing down anytime soon. If your future is already running towards you, don’t run away from it, meet it with urgency and tend to it with great in...

All change, adjustments, and modifications involve some level of discomfort. The bigger the change, the greater the pain. As a leader, you know when your organization needs gutting, yet, you hesitate....

Pain is often a counterfeit of importance, but what’s most painful isn’t always what’s most paramount. Addressing our pain first may extinguish discomfort but do nothing for the longevity of our organ...