Leaders and non-leaders alike, I see too many people who don’t do a good job organizing and managing their calendars. They say yes to everything, or there’s no plan, and their calendar is all over the place. Then guess what happens? They lose control, and everyone...

Leaders, stop working all the time and get with your people.   One of the common mistakes I see in leadership is leaders that are just focused on doing the work all day, every day. They're in their office working on their laptops, and they don't come out. Leaders,...

Let's talk about putting yourself out there and the benefits of meeting new people.  This fall, all my kids will be going away to college. One of my sons will be a junior, the other will be a senior, and my daughter will be a freshman. One thing we talk about is...

"If you use adversity right, it will buy you a ticket to a place you couldn't have gone any other way!" This is a quote I saw by Tony Bennett, the University of Virginia men's basketball coach.    For those who remember, the University of Virginia was...

Fall in love with problems first, then focus on solutions!    Too often, when I have a problem in life, I find myself looking for a solution as fast as possible. I’m a leader and a problem solver; it’s what I do at work and in my personal life. I’m...

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...