The Cost of Silence: Unlocking the Wisdom Hidden Within Your Team

With only 23% of employees globally engaged at work, it is staggering to imagine the untapped innovation hidden within the other 77%. Last year, I was hired by a company […]
MLK’s Leadership Revolution: The Power of Letting Others Lead

Does the thought of public speaking give you stomach cramps? You are not alone. As a public speaker, I hear a lot of people talking about how afraid they are […]
Confessions of a Reformed Control Freak: Courageously Letting Go to Lead Better

I am not a courageous man. And letting go of control takes a lot of courage. But I was lucky. Early in my career, I had the opportunity to study […]
Innovation Doesn’t Trickle Down (It Bubbles Up)

It was a preposterous idea said in jest and in response to the frustration the allied soldiers felt about the dreaded bocage or hedgerows that had trapped the allied invasion […]
Gratitude as Liberation: A Leader’s Path to Joy

What if it didn’t need to be this hard? I love Thanksgiving. And as Stacey and I find ourselves in a super fantastic Airbnb for the holiday, I know I […]
Beyond Control: The Collective Future of Leadership

It was 1 AM on the last Monday of June and I had been trying to get to sleep for hours. My mind was racing, and I was super anxious […]
Harder Than Expected: Why I Went Silent and the Challenges of Change

Reflecting on my past 6 months, I realized that the nomadic lifestyle – letting go of material constraints mirrored the shift I’m advocating for leadership: Letting go of command-and-control to […]