Originally shared in A Daily Dose Of Leadership on January 16, 2017.
Smokin’ Joe Frazier once said, “Champions aren’t made in the ring, they’re merely recognized there. What you cheat on in the early light of morning will show up in the ring under the bright lights.”...
Originally shared in A Daily Dose Of Leadership on January 17, 2017.
On the way to the office this morning, John Maxwell taught me something that I’m still trying to completely process. (I’ll bet you didn’t realize that John and I carpool almost every morning and every evening!)...
Originally shared in A Daily Dose Of Leadership on July 2, 2020.
In the last few blogs, we looked at how much more the people on our teams will follow what we do than what we say and then we looked at how much responsibility stinks at times when we realize someone is ALWAYS watching… And...
Originally shared in A Daily Dose Of Leadership on July 1, 2020.
Do you remember a time in your career, or even in your personal life, when so many people weren’t depending on you to make the right decisions? And maybe there wasn’t even anyone watching if you did something stupid, or...
Originally shared in A Daily Dose Of Leadership on June 30, 2020.
Ok… Think back to when you were a kid. What did you see the people you admired most doing that you weren’t allowed to do? Maybe you were too young, maybe “it was bad for you”, or maybe it was just something...
Originally shared in A Daily Dose Of Leadership on June 26, 2020.
While taking a course on direct-response marketing for small businesses with one of my mentors a few years ago, I remember being initially puzzled when he emphasized that it’s far more important to handle any slip-up...
Originally shared in A Daily Dose Of Leadership on June 25, 2020.
OK… It’s clear that a very select few ever make it through all that’s required to become a Navy SEAL, and thank God for each and every one who does! But regardless of what the rest of us have chosen to pursue,...
Originally shared in A Daily Dose Of Leadership on June 24, 2020.
Several years ago, just a few weeks after I started with a new company as their Safety & Human Resources Manager, I joined a coworker and the guy who handled the company’s group health policy for lunch. This was the first...
Originally shared in A Daily Dose Of Leadership on June 23, 2020.
We took an in-depth look at what we each need to work on to build A Cycle for Success in our own lives through the last several blogs, but those all required us to look inside of ourselves. But for any kind of success we’re...
Originally shared in A Daily Dose Of Leadership on June 19, 2020.
When Cindy and I work with teams to build a foundation for effective workplace communication throughout their culture using the DISC Model of Human Behavior, we always share that the one thing that puts fuel in the tank for folks...
Originally shared in A Daily Dose Of Leadership on June 18, 2020.
I don’t know that I’ve ever watched any one of the Star Wars movies start to finish, but the one line that I’ve resonated with more was where Yoda said “Do. Or do not. There is no try.”
Leading up...
Originally shared in A Daily Dose Of Leadership on June 17, 2020.
British polymath, Bertrand Russell once said that “many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do.”
And this is the second piece of A Cycle for Success in Any Endeavor that we started looking at in the last...
