Leadership Lesson: Communication Management
One critical and challenging part of leadership is managing communication with your team. The higher levels of leadership you go, the more bad news you receive. Why? The leader of every department or company is tasked with solving the biggest constraint of the department or organization. What’s better? Leadership is an ongoing process of solving […]
Leadership Lesson: The Process
The last 2 weeks have been busy. We just executed my 24th leadership quarterly meeting with our EOS implementor, Brian Underhill. We analyzed our Q1. We looked at what worked and what opportunities we have to improve. We then plotted the course for Q2, as we live in a 90-day world. This 90-day process has […]
Leadership Lesson: 2 Pillars of Leadership
I am in the process of writing my first leadership book, which is set to release in late Q4. More specifically, Im working with an editor to crystallize the content I have poured on hundreds of pages over 12+ months of Sunday writing sessions. My initial intent was to write a book about leading others. […]
Leadership Lesson: Leaders Create A Strong Feedback Culture
This lesson hit home, so please pay special attention. 2 weeks ago, Barrett and I hosted my dear friend Petra on a Fit Body Mastermind call. Petra is a survivor of the hard socialist rule of East Germany. She was 22 years old when the Berlin Wall fell. On November 9, 1989, she waited 5+ […]
Leadership Lesson: Leaders Prioritize People & Relationships
This past Friday was a great reminder as we hosted a team bonding event at Fit Body HQ. We carved out a few hours to play a competitive game of kickball and have lunch together. Why is this significant? In the hustle and bustle of business. It’s easy to get task-focused, especially with the mountain […]
Leadership Lesson: Cool, Calm and Collected
The higher in leadership you go.. The heavier the weight, pressure, stress, and 911 emergencies you will encounter. Bryce 1.0 would get riled up, pissed off and lose his cool. I remember kicking my office door back in 2012, almost breaking my foot after a 1-hour botched video attempt. Not good and a recipe for […]
Leadership Lesson: Leaders Challenge What Is Possible
Politics aside, I was inspired last week by Elon Musk and the Space X team, along with NASA, who saved 2 American astronauts stuck in space for nearly 10 months. This was an incredible accomplishment and am still in disbelief at what we saw! What a giant win for space travel, human ingenuity, and for […]
Leadership Lesson: You won’t be liked
I am here with a tough leadership lesson today grounded in truth. As a leader, you won’t be liked in the short term. Why? As your leading responsibility grows and in most situations, you will be confronted with the need to make hard decisions. Hard decisions that even if it’s the right decision, will upset […]
Leadership Lesson: Charge Hard With Flexibility
Here are 2 truths when leading. You will never have all the desired information before you need to take action. Yes, it’s important to source as much data before you begin to move. This will increase your probability of success. Then once you do, charge hard with passion around the direction you believe is right. […]
Leadership Lesson: Discipline = Leadership
In the words of Jocko Wilink. Discipline = freedom. Here’s a 2nd truth. Discipline = leadership. You can only lead someone else as far as the discipline in which you possess. So my leadership lesson is this: Want to be a better leader? Dial up your discipline. Then watch your leadership explode! Stay tuned for […]