Insights
Insights explore everyday leadership situations—moments of uncertainty, tension, transition, and choice. These reflections invite you to slow down, pay attention to what’s really happening beneath the surface, and think more clearly about what matters most as you lead.
Insights are inspired by conversations I’ve had with real leaders facing real challenges over decades as a leader, coach, and team builder. They also draw on concepts, books, articles, and lessons that have shaped my own leadership journey. If you recognize a familiar situation here, thank you for your inspiration. And if an insight helps you question an assumption, see your current reality from a different angle, or consider a new approach, take the opportunity to lead forward—and reach higher.
The Discipline of Three: Cutting Through False Urgency
I recall working with a leader who carried a deceptively simple discipline into each day. Before the noise began, he would take a few minutes to decide on three things he wanted to accomplish. Not a long list, not a running tally of tasks—just three priorities that would make the day count. At the end…
Helping Your Team See the Road Ahead
Recently, I was speaking with a colleague who had just stepped into a new leadership role. She inherited a capable, well‑intentioned team, but like many teams in transition, they were unsure how their work truly connected to the organization’s success. Her challenge wasn’t technical. It was directional. She wanted to articulate a vision that would…
Letting Go to Lead
Most leaders I meet don’t struggle with motivation, intelligence, or ambition. What they struggle with—quietly, and often unknowingly—is letting go of the very things that once made them successful. We rise in our careers because we deliver. We execute. We solve. We get things done when others don’t. For many leaders, that ability becomes part…
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