Good days, bad days and in between days, you need them all to grow! Embrace them all; they're all a part of the journey.    In my last blog, Life Is A Series of Calibrations, I talked about calibrating my golf swing, personal life and professional life...

Calibrate your golf shot, business and life!    Recently, I've been taking some golf lessons. One reason is because I need them, and another is because my kids are older and going off to college. I have more free time without as many practices, games or...

“All gas, no breaks!” I love that phrase and what it represents: hammering all the time and always going forward. However, the truth is that we all need brakes. I need breaks, and I need to put them on for myself, and my team needs breaks from me...

Obsess over the process, not the outcome.    I recently listened to an interview with the actor Bryan Cranston, and he had some really interesting things to say about the early days in his career. Back then, when he would go to auditions, he would...

Get the right people on the bus and then get them in the right seats.     This is wisdom from Jim Collins, the author of Good to Great and Built to Last, two great business books I've read and taken notes from. There are a lot of principles in...

As leaders, we talk about coaching tips and how to give feedback to our teams; it's important to know if our people are in the right frame of mind to receive feedback. It's also essential to gut-check ourselves to ensure we're in the right frame of mind to give...

How often do we apply consistency to our lives to see an impact? One example could be healthy eating. Have you ever eaten healthy for a few days and then jumped on the scale to see how much weight you've lost? A day or two of healthy eating doesn't lead to success;...

Sometimes you need to walk away from your problems. I’m the one who always says run toward the problem, so why would I be saying you have to walk away from your problems? Because there are times when you’re wrestling with a problem, and you need to walk away from it...

It's never fun sharing bad news, but it's always necessary. I think the key to sharing bad news is being proactive. There's a saying, "share good news fast and bad news faster." To develop trust in any relationship, you must share the bad news.   ...

You gotta expect that!    This is a phrase I use with some of my longest-standing friends from my hometown, Fenton, Michigan. Years ago, when I was living in Nashville, Tennessee, we were watching a University of Michigan game. They were playing Notre...