Do More with Less

There is a common theme that we are hearing from leaders as we begin 2023. “Do more with less.” Both certainty and uncertainty about the macro-economic, political, international and business environments are forcing leaders to recognize they must do things differently if they are going to succeed over the next 12 to 18 months. In […]
Two Questions about Your Leadership
Good morning! I hope you enjoyed the holidays and are off to a strong start in 2019. Two items this morning – one a challenge in two questions, the second a book you must read. – – – – – – – – – – I want to challenge you with two questions I have […]
Leadership Essential #1: Take Responsibility
Good Thursday morning! It seems about 1/3 of the people I know right now are on vacation (many in Europe). I hope you are in a similar place or have plans to be soon! I started the week in Pittsburgh, and am ending it in New Jersey, with a trip to Sarasota in between – […]
Leadership Essentials

Good Thursday morning! Summer is here! It’s a warm, humid morning in Charlottesville, Virginia. It’s even warmer and more humid in Fort Benning, Georgia, 90 minutes south of Atlanta, where my son, Will, is training as a new Army officer. Regarding leadership. I know of no other school on leadership that can match that of […]
Selfish Leaders

I’m recovering from a recent case of overdrive. For most of last year, I was pushing myself through a perfect storm of demands: leading a growing business and all its growing busyness, a house move after 12 years from Kentucky to Charlottesville, and many other personal obligations, including the settling of my late mother’s estate. […]