Leadership Lessons from a Sherpa

I had the privilege last week to attend the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership annual conference in Indianapolis. There’s so much to tell about what I’ve learned and what servant leadership can mean to how business is done and the difference it can...

Wisdom from a Home Inspector

I was having coffee this morning with one of my favorite clients who owns and runs both a home inspection and home renovation business. Bob is a wise man and when we were talking about his philosophy on writing inspection reports and communicating with his clients, he...

Can a weakness be a strength?

I had my annual check-up at my doctor’s last week. All went well but the one thing that always comes back into focus when I go to the doctor is my AMN. AMN (Adrenomyelonueropathy) is a neurological condition that I was diagnosed with about six years ago. Given...

The Leader Everyone Dreams of Working for

As I considered your feedback from my last blog post, a profile emerged of a leader everyone dreams of working for. The profile’s seven elements correspond with key parts of the human body. Heart – The dream leader is humble and doesn’t take himself...

Telling Stories with a Leadership Voice

The evidence of the power of stories is all around us. Consider the Chicken Soup for the Soul series by Jack Canfield. By 2009, over 100 million copies had been sold with stories of mothers, prisoners, teenagers and veterans, among others. It’s no wonder that...

A Leader Everyone Dreams of Working for??

I’m working on new coaching material for a launch later this summer and I have been unpacking the phrase, “Be the type of leader everyone dreams of working for.” There’s lots of elements that comprise this type of leader. The latest edition of...