Pain & loss are inevitable facts of life; how you choose to deal with them is what can turn your failures into your greatest successes. Click here to subscribe to my mailing list & receive my free Common Sense Leadership Guide! The encouraging reality of dealing with pain & loss is that good management of bad experiences leads to great ...

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Setting the Example is such a basic leadership fundamental; I usually lead off with this tenant in all of my leadership talks. Click here to subscribe to my mailing list & receive my free Common Sense Leadership Guide! It’s one of those basic, common sense, leadership principles that when we hear it we say to ourselves, “of course, I understand ...

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One requirement of leadership is to “know yourself & seek self-improvement”.  To understand your true potential you must get comfortable and be honest with the person you see in the mirror. Click here to subscribe to my mailing list & receive my free Common Sense Leadership Guide! It’s astonishing to realize how many of us deal with low self-image and ...

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I absolutely hate mediocrity; I cannot stand the idea of settling and not stretching to our full potential.  I think as leaders we are obligated to shoot for better than average or mediocre. Creating an environment of initiative, assertiveness, and aggressive enthusiasm is a leadership requirement. As a leader if you have ever settled for the status quo and then ...

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When I look back and replay the tape on some of my leadership failures, the failures often stemmed from me taking my eye off of the simple and obvious.  The times I have failed as a leader were those times I was focused on myself. As leaders we have to realize the basic essential hunger that rests in all of ... Read More

Confidence is a cornerstone of authentic leadership; it’s also at the “core” of a natural charismatic leadership style. Intuitively we all know that we need to be confident to be leaders; we naturally follow and are drawn to confident leaders. So the question becomes how do we gain confidence? It certainly comes with knowledge and experience.  But the unfortunate reality ...

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Rules can be a good thing.  We need them in our society for order, civility, and safety. In the aviation community, pilots literally live and die by them.  It’s been said that a pilot’s Flight Manual (rule book) is written in blood; you don’t follow what’s in the rule book, bad things can and will happen. In Navy/Marine Corps aviation, ... Read More

The reality is that all of us are dealing with ever increasing levels of chaos in all aspects of our lives.  The question becomes how do we effectively deal with the chaos and uncertainty that surrounds us. Though I’m not an advocate of bringing gasoline to a fire and adding to the chaos, I’ve resigned my thinking and mindset that ... Read More

Knowing your place as a leader has little, if anything, to do with where you reside in an organizational chart. Instead it has everything to do with fully understanding what you can affect in your current situation as a leader; and consequently putting all of your energy and focus on where you can be the most effective. In this episode ...

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Accountability & Responsibility. People often use these terms interchangeably; often believing that they mean the same thing. If you are interested in dipping your foot into the leadership pool, you must understand that there is a subtle but very powerful difference between accountability and responsibility. As a leader you must understand that you can delegate responsibility to numerous individuals all ...

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