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When Principled Leadership Fails 7 Ways Values Can Become Excuses

When Principled Leadership Fails: 7 Ways Values Can Become Excuses

When Values Become Excuses: A Guide For Principled Leadership “Most of the evil in this world is done by people…

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4 Hidden Trauma Responses That Sabotage Business Growth

4 Hidden Trauma Responses That Sabotage Business Growth

Success guarding: Because my readers love hearing about my pain… If you’ve been following along, you know I had shoulder…

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Double Your Profits—Without Adding a Single Client

Double Your Profits—Without Adding a Single Client

Imagine dragging a garden hose around the house and across your yard. You are trying to water a spot you…

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Embracing Legacy He Was Ready. Are You

Embracing Legacy: He Was Ready. Are You?

I recently attended a memorial service for a respected leader in our community. I have been close to his family…

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Don’t Wait for Crisis Build Crisis Leadership Before You’re Tested

Don’t Wait for Crisis: Build Crisis Leadership Before You’re Tested

When thinking about crisis leadership, many leaders imagine they’ll rise to the occasion. But you don’t rise. You revert. To…

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Leadership Recovery Why Intensity Without Recovery Is Self-Sabotage

Leadership Recovery: Why Intensity Without Recovery Is Self-Sabotage

Leadership recovery begins with recognizing limits: “I work 100 hours a week,” he said proudly. I respect work ethic. But…

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Why Your Strategic Plan Will Fail (Unless You Fix This First)

Strategic planning without planning strategically for your staffing is an exercise in futility. Strategic staffing is a critical component that…

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Founders are the greatest threat to their own legacy

How Founders Unintentionally Undermine Their Own Legacy

Despite building organizations that outlast most others, 75% of respected founders inadvertently damage their own legacy during succession. Notes of…

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Scaling Up Why Growth Is a Choice and a Discipline

Scaling Up: Why Growth Is a Choice and a Discipline

I was in a conversation recently, describing how many of my clients scale every year. Some double—$20M to $40M. Others…

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