Happy Thanksgiving!
Ok, after spending WAY to much time trying to come up with something cleaver and creative to try and express what I most want to say this Thanksgiving, I decided to cut to the chase and simply be direct. Are you ready? OK. Take both your arms, stretch them out in...
The Reverse CVI
Have you ever noticed how some of our most profound lessons are found 180º from where we are looking and expecting them to be? If you’ve coached with me recently, you know I really love using the CVI as a resource. If you know nothing about it, it's an index to help...
Thought For The Week
Leadership isn't about having all the answers. It's about having the courage to ask the difficult questions. What questions are you being challenged to ask this week?
Leader? Artist? Why Yes, Yes You Are!
Have you ever noticed that if you put art supplies in front of kids, they’ll make art? They rarely, if ever, stop to wonder whether or not they can, or whether or not they consider themselves an "artist," and by not doubting their artistry, they are able to live much...
Thought For The Week: Fail Forward Faster!
Mistakes are inevitable, 100% unavoidable (unless you bury yourself in a hole and do absolutely nothing, which, ironically, I would also consider a mistake), and completely desirable. Mistakes don't illuminate our weaknesses, they clear the path to our...
The Butterfly Moment: When My Circumstances Exceeded My Skillset
And the day came when the demands of my leadership exceeded my skills as a leader. I suppose it had to happen sometime. Have you ever reached one of those moments? It's like running off the end of the road into uncharted territory. There's nothing to rely on. Nothing...
Thought For The Week: Hollywood Advice
Do you know that saying among performance artists that goes: There are no small parts. Only small actors. Do you know what that actually means? Apparently I didn't. I assumed that it meant some actors are physically smaller than others, but an actor friend of mine...
Eating My Own Dog Food: A Thought on Irony
Sometimes, the hardest thing we have to do is follow our own advice. Live our own teachings. Or, as a past colleague used to say: "Eat our own dog food." You may recall my blog post a few weeks ago about how important and valuable it is as a leader to smile. Well, to...
Thought For The Week
If I could write or take claim to a song about the courage of personal leadership, of all the songs I've heard and loved, I wish I could have written Nothing More by the Alternate Routes. There's a particular phrase in there that reads: Tell me what it is that you see...
An Opportunity to Lead an Extraordinary Life
Jacques Cousteau once said, “If you have the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, you have no right to keep it to yourself.” Notice the words he used. He didn’t say, "if you have the opportunity to live an extraordinary life.” He didn’t say, “the opportunity to...
