You and I both know that the magical turning of a calendar year does not unlock some hidden super power that didn’t exist for you before.  A new year can be a time for hope and optimism and a time to create space to assess where you are at and where yo...

It’s been little bit since I have talked about the morning routine that we call a power hour. My friend Mike was asking some questions about my morning routine and rather than answer him directly with a message, like a normal person,

Having a well organized and empowered team is your path to growth and freedom.  Growth and freedom are two outcomes that I strive to achieve with every leader that I work with.  Goal setting helps to achieve growth and freedom by orchestrating the work...

Creating influence with your team is simpler than you think.  There is a lot of information out there on how to lead and manage better.  Your primary key to influence already exists and is easy to do. The problem is it's also easy not to do.

Doing growth well is about creating that beautiful tension between exposing weakness and then using your purpose to work through that weakness in a powerful, creative way. Growth is one of those areas that you either learn to embrace or you learn to av...

I have had the priviledge of knowing Charles Van Kessler for almost a year now.  He has attended some workshops that I have done in the past and always been a gracious participant and a true value creator.  Charles has a story that I felt the world nee...

One of the most damaging communication techniques in a relationship is using assumptions.  Assuming what people know. What they think. What they will or won’t do.  When you don’t help people understand or help them fill in the blanks,

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and bloo...

Your formula for success is unique to you.  Don't let anyone tell you different.  When it comes to success, it's easy to listen to someone or try and emulate someone else. Someone else's success came from that person being uniquely who they are,

One of the benefits of owning a business is freedom.  Freedom to work in the way that you feel best serves your purpose. It's a shame when that opportunity for freedom turns into bondage. Bondage to a schedule. Bondage to people. Bondage to systems.