What if I told you that the greatest transformation of your life begins with a single vision, one powerful image burned so deeply into your nervous system that it pulls you forward with unstoppable momentum? Picture this: It’s December 2026. You walk into a bookstore, turn the corner, and there...

Claiming Your Seat in Life, Family, Relationships, and Work Every one of us sits on a personal leadership throne, whether we acknowledge it or not. The question isn’t if you’re a leader, but how consciously do you carry the roles that make up your life. Leadership isn’t limited to corner...

The road you travel can determine the speed of your success. This may have happened to you, it did with me the other day. I was driving to a meeting, texting while driving (Oops) and before I knew it, I was half on the road and half in the gravel....

When we collaborate well, we don’t just move faster, we move together. And when a team moves together, the game slows down, confidence rises, excellence becomes the expectation. In the special forces, a fundamental military training directive that emphasizes the three core actions necessary for soldiers in combat. In every...

Great leaders don’t build businesses, they build people. And those people, the teammates, build the business. We’ve all heard this before, but what are we actually doing about it? The truth is simple: inside every teammate is a better one, waiting to be developed, recognized, and unleashed. Yet most managers...

We’re standing at the edge of a new frontier. The world is moving faster than ever with technology, economics, and global markets are evolving at the speed of thought. And yet, in the middle of that whirlwind, great leaders don’t just survive. They rise. 2026 isn’t going to wait for...

The Power of Peers: Why Forum Is Still Every Leader’s Competitive Edge In 1950, when Ray Hickok gathered a handful of young CEOs to share their toughest challenges behind closed doors, few could have predicted that this simple act would become a cornerstone of global leadership development. That gathering became...

The Long Walk South: Tara Dower’s Record on the Appalachian Trail From Katahdin’s granite crown in Maine to the worn stones of Springer Mountain, Georgia, she covered the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail in 40 days, 18 hours, 6 minutes – a new overall supported fastest known time. Not just the women’s...

What Happened when I Stopped Waiting for Permission to Lead? Many people that I work with and observe, are great followers. They excel at tasks, hit every deadline, and make sure to get buy-in before they initiate anything significant. I ponder, is leadership a title? Is it a chair at...