Building a Culture of Trust
Building a culture of trust is imperative if we want our teams to reach their fullest potential. Excellence doesn’t happen by accident. Any sustainable success we achieve is directly related to the processes we conceive. Good processes are what drive good results, so...
Teaching Your Kids Empathy
Do you wish to make a positive difference in our world? It would be a dream come true to counter the anger and division that often surrounds us. As parents, there’s a way we can do it: by teaching empathy to kids. Teaching empathy to kids is as essential as teaching...
Five Ways Leaders Change Lives for the Better
Did you know that we’re in a global leadership crisis? That thought has popped in the news a lot lately. There have been breathless editorials from all angles about the decline of leadership in government, education, entertainment, religion, business, art, and the...
Increasing Engagement with Students Who Don’t Fit the Mold
Did you see the movie The Peanut Butter Falcon? It was one of my favorite movies last year. It’s the story of three outliers who didn’t fit into the mold their situation demanded of them. All three were rebels, but one of them, Zak, a 22-year-old with Down syndrome...
Life Skills: The Class Some Students Are Asking for
After teaching the art of communication to some high school seniors, I turned them loose to apply what they’d learned. In groups of three, students stood up front to speak on a topic they felt passionate about. One group specifically caught my attention. The group...
Five Childhood Milestones I Am Looking Forward To
Several years ago, another dad encouraged me to bring home flowers for my daughters often so when they get older, they know that the first man who ever bought them flowers was their dad. He said to accompany the bouquets with genuine compliments and healthy affection....
Five Things you Should Say to Your Kids Every Day
I got to know a feisty teenage girl many years ago. While talking with her one night, she told me about trouble in her friendships. Without thinking, because I was young and brash, I said, “You sabotage your relationships since you’re afraid everyone will end up...
The Core Behaviors of an Authentic Leader
Warm Up Why are we drawn to authenticity and why does it matter? No one wants to feel like they are a commodity, and authentic leaders use their influence to care, not to coerce. Instinctively we are drawn to people who treat us like human beings. We weren’t designed...
How to Compete with No Fans in the Stand
What do game-winning scores, record-breaking jumps, diving catches, and close sprints to the finish line all have in common? A delighted, roaring crowd! Yes, all of the above are moments in sports that give our hearts great joy. I was one of the countless children who...
What If Leadership Didn’t Just Come from the Team Captain?
The first Monday Night Football game of 2019 between the Houston Texans and the New Orleans Saints was a great one. “The Saints took possession with 37 seconds remaining in the game, used 36 of those seconds to drive to the Texans’ 40-yard line, and put Wil Lutz on...
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