It was just one question, but so well-placed that it caused a billion dollar company with global operations to reverse their decision on their next CEO.

One of our grandsons turned 7 the other day. I actually delayed buying him a gift after reading this book. The reason had to do with “doing vs choosing.”

2 cents is never just a couple of pennies. For Microsoft, 2 cents meant $31.4 billion. There’s a lesson here for business and life!

We’ve all heard, “Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” But feedback is worthless if we are not listening. The great CEOs listen differently. They operate by a maxim we all need to embrace. On this podcast I’ll share that maxim.

What would make a hurried executive pass up a free ride on a wealthy friends private corporate jet? A feeling he could not ignore and a moment he did not want to lose.

Outwardly he was full of vigor. Inwardly he was weary. What Churchill did next, made all the difference.

To glimpse the daily routine of Winston Churchill is to glimpse a secret to his success. I think the same can be said of you and me.

These two towering individuals, both experts and larger than life, stared down a common enemy every creative must combat. Let’s identify it and talk about how they overcame.

Sometimes the biggest impacts of life are made in the smallest moments of time. That was Fred Rogers experience.

It takes boldness . . . but it also takes humility to commit Mr. Rogers “cardinal sin.” But every leader should commit it.