Servant Leadership
Why DEI and ESG aren’t Worth the Attention Paid to Them
In elementary school, I learned to be nice to others. Name-calling and bullying weren’t allowed. We were expected to include…
Why I Care About Leadership
Leadership Motivation When I was young, I had ideas about changing the world. So, I set out to do that….
Two Leadership Maxims that Should Change Your Leadership Forever
Two leadership maxims that will transform how you lead and manage: You will only manage others as well as you…
“How can’t he see this?” Five Antidotes for the Foolishness of Leaders
Success, over time, can create foolishness. I’m defining foolishness as the inability to see things accurately. It’s largely driven by…
Stop Being a Leader that People Have to Work Around. 7 Tips to Increase Your Team’s Success
“Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.”…
Seven Tips to Prepare Your Team for A Successful Succession
I remember one of my first “executive” changes. I was 19. I started a coffee shop with two other friends….
The Secret to the Consent of the Governed
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator…
The Four Necessary Ingredients for a Great Relationship with The Owner or Board
As a new high school freshman, I noticed something. Finally becoming a “high schooler” had seemed like a big deal….
How to Become a Leader Who Inspires the Best in Others
People sometimes talk about whether leaders are born or made. That’s a little like asking if athletes are born or…
The Deep Secret That Reliably Creates Needed Change
In the mid-’90s, I was a student living in the Palestinian community of Bethlehem in the West Bank. We…