There has been a shift between my oldest son and me. I’m not sure exactly when it happened but it most definitely has.
It used to be that I could, with ease, control the pace and tempo of our pick-up basketball games, carefully choreographing the final winning shot. And that winner and the final score was largely determined by me. Sometimes it was him, sometimes me. Sometimes it was close and other times a blowout. But it went according to my plan.
Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger John Phair, President and CEO of Holladay Properties. We hope you enjoy John’s wisdom and perspective.
I thoroughly enjoyed Tim Lemans’ new book rEvolution and also learned a little bit about Dan Gibson, founder of Gibson and father of one of my partners.
When Tim asked me to write a guest blog on leadership I readily accepted, thinking I’ve been leading for nearly twenty years and managing for nearly twice that long, how hard could it be to write a blog about it? It was more difficult to write about it than do it.
My oldest son and I were hiking recently in Sedona, Arizona. We were on portions of the Baldwin and Templeton Trails, adjacent to Oak Creek, eventually ascending to the amazing Cathedral Rock formation.
After working our way up and over the Mars-like terrain, we made it to the top. You can’t miss a simple engraved wooden sign bolted to a post that says: END OF TRAIL.
Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Jerry Scott. We hope you enjoy Jerry’s wisdom and perspective.
When you have one child and that child is a daughter, her wedding day is the ultimate day of days. It was for me one of life’s most important opportunities to be a stand up guy in a series of moments stretching back 22 years since she was born.
Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Cheryl Ashbaugh, consultant and coach for SpotOn Coaching and Consulting. We hope you enjoy Cheryl’s wisdom and perspective.
Positive, safe, rewarding relationships. Isn’t that something we all crave? Something we all need? It’s the basis of our human existence - to connect with others. How can something so necessary to our very soul be so difficult?
Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Scott Downes, founder and principal of Thomas LLC, an independent consulting venture. We hope you enjoy Scott’s wisdom and perspective.
In about 60 days, my buddy Brian and I will be clicking into our pedals for a 6-stage, 240-mile mountain bike race called the Breck Epic. Over those six days, we will be climbing approximately 40,000 vertical feet of singletrack around Breckenridge, Colorado, most of which will be above 10,000 feet in elevation.
Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Adam Kronk, Program Director for the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership. We hope you enjoy Adam’s wisdom and perspective.
My day job is working with scholars and executives to figure out how to foster ethical behavior in business. It’s a fascinating gig, and one of my favorite parts involves interviewing C-suite leaders about their own experiences on the subject. During a recent conversation with the Chairman and CEO of a financial services firm, we came to the topic of performance reviews and promotions. I asked whether and how they incorporated a person’s values and character into the process at his organization.
Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Patrick Frazier, owner and executive coach for The Coaching Authority. We hope you enjoy Patrick's wisdom and perspective.
“…lately coaching in this town seems to have become all the rage.” CEO, South Bend, IN
Coaches, coaches, and more coaches. They are everywhere. There are life coaches, business coaches, health and fitness coaches, fashion coaches, sports coaches. There is a coach to help with just about anything.
Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger Jerry Scott. We hope you enjoy Jerry’s wisdom and perspective.
After 28 years of marriage, my wife Janet and I can nearly communicate telepathically. A look can speak volumes and a single gesture can have multiple meanings. One of the most versatile is the eyebrow raise. Close cousin to the eye roll, the eyebrow raise can ask a question. Everything ok? What did that mean? It can express an opinion. Oh please! Can’t believe you did that or said that!
On a visit to Key West, I was able to spend a little time at Ernest Hemingway’s home in Key West. Hemingway resided in the house for most of the 1930s, as well as when he visited in the 1940s and 1950s. I was particularly struck by his writer’s studio on the second floor of a carriage house on the grounds.
