It’s All About People: Why Great Leaders Talk Less and Listen More
Great leaders create space for others to contribute. Modern leaders don’t build trust by talking more, they build it by listening better. For much of my business career, leadership rewarded decisiveness. Leaders were expected to give direction, solve problems quickly, and keep things moving. Meetings often centered around the leader speaking while others listened. In fast-moving operational environments, that approach can feel efficient. But over time, I learned something imp


The Leader’s Lens: Why the Best Executives Ask Better Questions
Modern leaders don’t win by having the answers — they win by asking better questions. For much of my career, leadership meant having answers. Early on, that made sense. In the 1980s, when I managed a supermarket, success came from knowing every job, giving clear direction, and making sure things got done the right way. Leadership was top-down, command-and-control — and in that world, it worked. But that world is gone. Today’s leaders operate in a vastly different environment


Why Modern Leaders Must Stop Trying to Be the Smartest in the Room
Modern leaders create environments where everyone contributes. For most of history, leadership carried one constant assumption: the...


Stop Chasing Happiness: Lessons from Buddha, Bishop Barron, and Marshall Goldsmith
In our pursuit of happiness, many of us live in a constant state of “once I get there…”—once I get the promotion, finish the project, buy...


Coaching’s unique value proposition…listening
“The most basic of all human needs is the need to be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.” -Ralph Nichols...


Lessons of the sand trap
Golf is a risk reward sport which parallels life in many ways. Like life, a journey around a golf course presents many challenges,...



























