The Blog
A collection of ideas and resources.
The Question You’re Not Asking: Unveiling Blind Spots
In this video, I'm challenging you to ask a specific question in your upcoming one-on-ones to help uncover potential blind spots and gather the insights you need to better serve your team.
Seeing Through the Stress: What You Might Be Missing
Stress can be an insidious force that blinds us to the struggles and experiences of those around us. I personally experienced this recently, causing me to miss important cues from those I love most. May we become leaders who thoughtfully look beyond ourselves to show genuine curiosity and concern for the people in our care.
The key to driving maximum employee performance and effort
How would your employees describe their relationship with you? And how does this relational dynamic influence their motivation at work? This video draws on insights from my daughter's recent soccer tournament to explore a critical strategy for creating strong employee relationships that will directly boost performance and effort.
How to remove chaos from your calendar
In a world where calendars are overflowing with back-to-back meetings and no time to pause, many of us feel out of control. Watch this week's Two-Minute to learn my #1 strategy for removing chaos from my calendar. Take it and make it yours.
Leadership lessons from my mom
In honor of Mother's Day, this week's tip is inspired by the most influential woman in my life: my mom. In this video, I share two specific leadership qualities that she has mastered and used to bless me in incredible ways over the years.
The dangerous extremes of servant leadership
Healthy servant leadership can be hard to maintain. We often teeter toward too much or too little. In this post, I explore the two dangerous extremes to avoid and provide tips for pursuing a balanced approach.
A thought on leading through change
Most leaders are struggling to figure out how to best guide their teams through change right now. And most employees are struggling to figure out how to walk through organizational change that feels unclear. This week's video offers a quick thought on leading through change that applies both to leaders and employees alike.
Leadership Lessons From My Dad
In honor of Father's Day, this week's tip is inspired by one of my all-time favorite leaders: my dad. Learn from a specific leadership trait he exemplifies so well—one that is rarely mentioned in textbooks, but is arguably one of the most important leadership characteristics out there.
Diagnosing the Unmotivated Employee
One of the biggest challenges a leader faces is trying to motivate the seemingly unmotivated employee. The most common reaction is to assume poor work ethic, but the perceived low motivation is more often than not a symptom of one of the six issues outlined in this post.
Just do it
Who in your life needs you to step in right now and help them? Even if they’re resisting - go serve them.
A lesson from Grandma
My grandma was a powerful force, and she focused her energy on what she could control—on what was possible.
Good leaders draw near.
The people we are leading need to feel us present. We can’t understand their challenges unless we get close enough experience their viewpoint.