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Don’t Stare!
What if the most dangerous thing in your organization isn’t the problem itself, but your obsession with it?
As leaders, we are trained to identify issues quickly.
Spot the bottleneck. Diagnose the dysfunction. Call out what’s broken. That’s good. It’s necessary.
But if we’re not careful, we can spend so much time staring at the problem that we begin to drift right toward it.
That’s not just a metaphor. It’s also Motorcycle Safety 101.
Polls, Popularity, and Principle
It’s 6a and the news crawl is already barking fresh approval numbers: “Sixty-two percent disapprove… Consumer confidence dips… Employee engagement tumbles…”
If you’re not careful, those constantly shifting digits can feel like a recalibrating GPS for every choice you’ll make today.
They’re everywhere.
And when they tend to the bias of the source’s messaging, they are presented as if they are sacrosanct.
Seasoned for the Singularity
When a cashier can’t make change even with a calculator, what does that say about tomorrow’s ability to challenge an algorithm?
The Leadership Pendulum
What if the healthiest org chart isn’t ruled by age, but rather by a form of shared leadership across generations?
A recent LinkedIn post from a bright early-thirty-something billing herself as a “CEO Consultant” sparked what I hope was a healthy internal debate within me.
Young leaders bring undeniable upside: agility, digital fluency, and the courage to break things that need breaking.
As Simon Sinek notes, “the next generation’s impatience for progress keeps the rest of us honest.
But impatience has a shadow side.
Healthy Drivers
If you can drum up enough fear, you can sell just about anything.
Because fear sells.
That’s why you see it everywhere: media, marketing, messaging.
It grabs attention.
It drives action rooted in self-protection, scarcity, safety, and FOMO.
As purpose-driven business leaders, how do we play in that field?
One Generation
What does flushing (or not flushing) have to do with executive leadership?
“If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down.”
That memorable line was shared with me by a mentor in the early 90s.
A Bad Habit
Are you leading for the next deliverable, or for long-term impact?
There is a surprising connection between adult learning, procrastination, and transformational leadership.
But let me back up a minute before we go there…
I have a bad habit…
Mid-flight Clarity
I was trapped – and didn’t even know it.
On May 3, 2025, I was flying home from Southern California when a revelation hit me – one that freed me from chains I didn’t even realize I was carrying.
Not Most People
Most people work to live.
But what if your work is how you live out your purpose?
There’s something most people will never quite understand about you…
Even when the evidence is all around.
Even when you’ve tried to explain it.
Even when it shapes every part of your life.
You were designed for this.
They don’t see it.
They may never understand it.
And that’s okay.
Because business is in your bones, and you love it.