Preparation & Presence

Leading with intentionality can drastically impact the potential influence that we can have on others. Intentionality is an art, one that can separate extraordinary leaders from ordinary ones. It allows leaders to silently stand out.…

Every leader walks through the growing season.  A place where necessary transformation takes place.  The process can be painful, exuberant, and everything in between.  It is inevitable.    The Growing Season I grew up gardening…

Leaders can find ourselves physically present, but absent.  There, but not there.  Existing in a space and place, while being non-existent.  Present, But Absent As we begin to prepare our lives for career possibilities, the…

Out of position is not a place any player wants to be.  It means that their positioning on the field of play has cost them and the team something.  They just weren’t where they were…

What is the approximate proximity that leaders should operate from?  Am I too close to the people, or too far from them?  This is a great question for leaders to constantly wrestle with. Approximate Proximity…

There are eight qualities of human leaders that separate the ordinary ones from the extraordinary. Countless books, podcasts, videos, and articles are available on the subject of leadership. There is one key component to any…

How to do more?  That seems to be a question that we all wrestle with both personally and professionally.  The busyness of life and leadership demands more…but does not provide us with the necessary time…

Playing the long game is a good leadership strategy. My entire adult life has been spent coaching youth sports. Over those twenty-two years, I have learned that it’s not about winning early, it’s about winning…

Winning the pregame is a necessary step in positioning a team to win the actual game. Pregames are won through routines. Behind every great coach, there is a pregame routine. The same goes for our…

Every leader must make a commitment towards growth. There’s no middle ground in leadership. You are either growing or not. Living or dying.  Plain and simple. When a leader feels as though they have reached…