Core values are a joke if they are not honored. When you don't practice what you preach, and when you don't hold others in your organization accountable for honoring your core values, they are worse than meaningless, they are a joke.

Listening is the doorway to learning, but we can't truly listen unless we are silent.

When we're too busy with being who and what we are we fail to become who and what we're meant to be. There are no shortcuts to the hard work of transformation.

Business and social justice don't always appear in the same sentence, but they should. When the two come together, positive things can happen.

I think it is interesting that many people are more interested in the commercial interruptions during the Super Bowl than they are in the game itself. At work, we are usually as excited about interruptions. What is your attitude about being interrupted?

Seemingly insignificant issues, left unchecked, can develop into substantial problems. So, when confronted with bad behavior or unethical decisions, do you speak up or keep quiet?

The decision to infuse a higher purpose into your culture, one that guides strategic decisions and gives clarity to everyday tasks, is what propels companies to success.

Strong leaders want to know the truth and surround themselves with advisors who will present them with the good, the bad, and the ugly, and then they follow their advice.

Leadership requires you to handle conflicting demands from customers, employees, bosses, family and faith. When you have your priorities right, everything else falls into place.

Transforming your culture requires letting go of the obstacles to the future you want. Transformation means leaving old ways behind in exchange for the greater good that lies ahead.