In his chapter on the Law of Magnetism, John Maxwell makes an essential but not always obvious point: Your teammates likely have a lot in common with you.  Why? People tend to gravitate toward others who are similar. You might notice this in your friend groups, and it’s true of your team as well! As…

After a few weeks off for some variety, we are going to return to John Maxwell’s next 7 laws of leadership in the following weeks. Specific to number 8, the Law of Inutrition.. Maxwell acknowledges that it’s more challenging than other laws to explain because it’s more fluid and less concrete.  He describes, “The Law…

I trust the headline got your attention.  While it’s absolutely sincere, I don’t mean it in the way you most likely initially thought. The truth is Adolf Hitler was an evil-evil man. Let me repeat, and evil-evil man. But also an INCREDIBLE leader. You see, while leadership usually gets a positive connotation. When you break…

At my core, I love people way more than other aspects of business. Actually, it’s not even close.   In fact, I believe the best leaders in the world have a deep love for people at their foundation. As leadership (and people) are both very difficult. Very difficult. So you have to genuinely have a love…

Leadership is hard.  Very hard. Why? Well, many reasons. But when you break it down.. People have their individual thoughts, motives, beliefs and desires. So in order to lead others.. You have to align their desires with the goal of your mission. This takes plenty of perspective & situational awareness among other skills. Within this…