Does Your Batting Average Suck?

Does Your Batting Average Suck?

Stats fascinate me. The numbers tell a story. The stories they tell may be hidden deep within the numbers or examples but they are there. One sport that constantly looks at stats is major league baseball. They have stats for everything. Some of the statistics baseball...
How To Handle Stressful Situations

How To Handle Stressful Situations

As a leader, you’re going to face stressful situations. These situations may pop up and surprise you or you may see them coming from a mile away. Whatever the poison, you have to be ready to deal with stressful situations. I had a stressful situation recently....
Why You Need To Set Goals

Why You Need To Set Goals

Goals are the thing we aim for. We set a target and we head towards the goal. Whenever I look at my biggest successes in life, I notice there’s a common theme. The common theme is that I set a goal and I went for it. Whether the success has been the growth of...
What Are Your Values?

What Are Your Values?

Megachurch pastor has had an affair and his marriage is in shambles. Multi-billion dollar corporation has filed for bankruptcy, corrupt accounting practices to blame. Employees go on strike after 5th employee injured on the job. We’ve all seen headlines like...
How To Have Real Conversations

How To Have Real Conversations

Knowing how to have real conversations has value beyond the corporate world. While knowing how to have real conversations as a leader is important, you also need to know how to bring this skill to your everyday life. Without the ability to carry on conversations, your...
Rethinking What You Believe

Rethinking What You Believe

I began my leadership journey due to bad leadership. I had watched bad leader after bad leader continue to do things that harmed the organization and the people who worked for the organization. It was bad. I remember seeing one manager hiding away in a warehouse to...