I was in Seattle over the weekend visiting my good buddy Stefan of 20 years. I haven’t taken 1.5 days off in a long time and it felt great. The time was extra special to spend with his 2 kids and wife who are like family to Tatiana & I.  Stefan has had a big…

Veterans Day was this past Saturday here in the States. Love and respect to the beautiful souls who served. Many who paid the ultimate price for our freedom. In studying leadership and human personality styles..  I find it interesting that the most popular personality style for the military is different than you might think. What…

November is here! This means, we are going to take a month break from the 21 Laws by Maxwell for some variety before finishing out laws #15-21 in the New Year. Specific to today..  I want to take a step back around leadership and focus on the 1 key ingredient to leadership success. As I…

As John Maxwell writes in The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership.. “Victorious leaders have one thing in common: they share an unwillingness to accept defeat.”  This is probably 1 of my favorite laws of leadership.  In fact, it’s why I LOVE the saying “winners-win”. As if you cannot drive a winning culture, you will not…

The ​Law of Buy-In​ says, “​People buy into the leader, then the vision. ​”  Maxwell writes, “​many people who approach the area of vision in leadership have it all backward.  They believe that if the cause is good enough, people will automatically buy into it and follow. That’s a false belief, as you must remember.…