Earlier this week I had the privilege of presenting at Steelcase’s Curious Minds guest speaker series. A longtime friend of mine (We served together as […]
Leadership Musings
What Jar Are You In?
We often assess others by the answers they provide. Those who have the right answers must be the most knowledgeable. We often assess companies based […]
The Quest to be Good
It was a drive like so many others: My son and I driving through the heart of Silicon Valley to his swim practice. My wife […]
Enjoyment Enablers
Enjoyment is the state of process of taking pleasure in something. It is also defined as the action of possessing and benefitting from something. Of late, […]
The Fray
The fray is where the real work takes place. The fray is where action happens. The fray is the part of the organization that the […]
Outside the SCIF
There are many things I am enjoying about my new assignment and among them is the opportunity to live life outside the SCIF. I have […]
Missing Career Milestones
Last month, the Information Warfare Community, to which I have been a proud member for 25 years and counting, convened a board to screen officers […]
The New Guy
I thoroughly enjoy being the new guy on the team. There are zero expectations that you know anything and there is every expectation that you […]
Meaningful Differentiation
As a family and though not as leisurely as any of us would have liked, we spent the last week driving across our beautiful country. […]
Closing a Chapter
August 02, 2017, may very well go down in my memory bank as the most significant day in my career as a leader. It was […]
Shaping Memories
It’s that time again. Time for the family to pack up our bags, bid farewell to local friends and teammates, and embrace the nomadic life […]
Responsible Friction
The health of an organization can often time be measured by the friction within. Friction is defined as (a) the rubbing of one body against another, […]
Doing Voids: Responding and Preventing
Earlier this year I wrote about outcomes a team is able to generate because of effective leaders and value a team is able to deliver despite […]
Betting on Horses
I am not a gambler, but some of my proudest moments as a leader come when I bet on the right horse. By “bet on” […]
Culture Book
Peter Drucker is known to have said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Those who know me understand how committed I am to living that statement. […]
Degrees of Gratitude
Think about the number of times you had reason to say, “You are welcome” over the last week. Would you say that it was 1 […]
Unfinished By Design
There are few things in life that are as satisfying as finishing something that you started. In my life, the two feats I am most […]
Jumping to Solutions
I am confident that this is not the first time you have read this quote from Albert Einstein: “If I were given one hour to […]
Doing the Opposite
The order of things: the way that life and the world currently are. I have been giving a great deal of thought to the order […]
Make it Personal
Over the last couple of days, I have been tracking the National Football League’s (NFL) Draft from afar. It’s not that I am fanatical about […]