In Chip Heath and Dan Heath’s book, The Power of Moments, they describe a defining moment “as a short experience that is memorable.” A realization of something about yourself. And often, these defining moments come from a courageous action, a bold decision, or some event where you allowed yourself to Read more…
If you were to leave your organization today, would you leave the organization in a better condition than when you started? If I were voting for a hall of fame nominee, a criterion I’d consider is whether or not they made their teams, organizations, or leagues better. Given the choice Read more…
The defining achievement is based on and built upon a collection of defining moments.
My wife, Stephanie, uses a phrase when describing people who are struggling with something. She’ll say, “Whew, the struggle bus is real today.” I used this phrase in a town hall talk I gave not long ago. Leadership transparency and authenticity are important, and the town hall meeting was a Read more…
Perspective can be a prickly thing. As “they” say, things are how you look at them. At the beginning of my EOD journey, one of my fellow prospective EOD students told me, “We’ll both likely fail out. Most do.” Turns out, he was right…but just for him. My perspective was Read more…
Where other see individual stars, leaders see Orion. Approx 3 min read Here we are, coming up on two years of uncertainty, now lunging toward 2022. Two years of not quite knowing what is true, what is a conspiracy, and what we need to know to keep ourselves safe, our Read more…
Approx 3 min read Did you know the backspin on a golf ball hit with a wedge exceeds the RPMs of my GT350? My Shelby redlines at 8,250 revolutions per minute. The backspin on a wedge hit can reach over 10,000 RPMs! Furthermore, a 110-mph swing can generate a 150mph Read more…
Approx. 7 min read Being a CEO is hard. SUPER rewarding. But challenging and often in ways hard to describe. This is not a boohoo, poor me, type of sentiment. Merely, a matter of fact. I rarely talk about the difficulty. Doing so is pointless. Mostly, the discussion isn’t worth Read more…
6 Min Read: For an organization to carry out its strategies, it must implement an aligned culture that enables its tactics. Many organizations find lightning in a bottle when culture and strategy align.