✔️ “The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems — and What to do About It” by Rob Cross and Karen Dillon....

2023 Reading Review I decided to track my reading in 2023. I haven’t tracked it since I set a goal of one professional book a month back...

Last month I started launching the details of my leadership development model of "Cultivating a Leader's Heart"™, specifically the aspect...

Character is essential to leadership

One of the most important leader practices we can build as leaders is reflection. I use the word practice intentionally -- it is a...

Every military service has a version of core values. The one I served in are: Integrity first, Service Before Self, and Excellence in...

Over the weekend, I was on a track doing a workout. While I don't love track workouts, I spent many miles preparing for and running...

Monday... Monday ... Monday ... many of us come out of a weekend and jump in to our week. But not taking the time to stop and consider...

As leaders, one of the most important things we can do is create opportunities and spaces to stay connected to what is truly happening...

The research about power and learning orientation is painful to read. Basically, the more power we get, the less likely we are to think...

Over the weekend, I started a closet clean out project. Specifically, I am looking to lighten my closet of military uniforms and items...

I tend to gravitate to quick reminders and tips that can keep me focused where I aspire to be focused. When I was recently listening to a...

Let's be honest ... we are busy as leaders, and there is a lot to balance and to focus on. When I am working with people working to...

In my house, we will often ask each other "On a scale of 1 to 10, ...". It is used as both a check in and also an honest assessment of...

There is no shortage of research that points us to the need to continually hone and to develop our self awareness. This priority is also...

So, one of the key strategies for almost anything on focus and time is to start with your calendar (and often a "to do" list too). I wish...

Being present for the people we are with ... it seems to get harder and harder with the more distractions that come in to our life - and...

The leader habit of courage looks different for each person - at different points along their leadership journey. And creating conditions...

I haven't met a lot of leaders who fundamentally don't care about people ... and I also know we are all guilty of having reasons we don't...

I appreciate what author and speaker Heather Younger reminds us in her book The Art of Caring Leadership. As leaders, most if not every...