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You Don’t Have a Culture Problem. You Have an Alignment Problem.
Do you feel like you have no time? Not enough money to fund resources? Working every week in semi organized chaos? Your team feels disconnected and culture is slipping? Priorities keep changing, so nobody knows what the actual priorities are anymore? If so, you’re not alone. In fact, these are some of the most common…
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Commit to Believing in Each Other
I have coached players who were more talented.I have worked with staff who had more experience.Yet some of the most successful people I have ever worked with had something others did not.Someone believed in them before they believed in themselves.Belief is a powerful thing.It instills confidence.Positivity.Support.We already know that pessimists and negative people do not…
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The Culture You Want Starts Here
As I continue preparing for upcoming presentations centered around Jon Gordon’s The 7 Commitments of a Great Team, there is one commitment that continues to stand out to me. Commit to valuing each other. At first glance it seems simple. Treat people well. Respect each other. Be kind. But when you look deeper, this commitment…
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The Power of Staying Positive When Everything Gets Hard
In the spirit of my recent keynote and Jon Gordon’s The 7 Commitments of a Great Team, I want to take a deep dive into one of the most powerful commitments a team can make: commit to staying positive. This is not about pretending everything is perfect. It is not about ignoring challenges. It is…
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The Commitment That Changes Teams
Commit to giving your best. That is all your team asks. And it is what they deserve. As we push forward after Labor Day and into the fall season, I am reminded of all my days playing and coaching football. This includes raising my kids in sports, coaching them, and building teams in the workplace.…
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Why Mission and Vision Matter When Life Gets Busy
Over the next several weeks I will be giving presentations on many different topics. One topic very close to me, and one that was essential in building great teams, is commitment. In Jon Gordon’s book, The 7 Commitments of a Great Team, one commitment stands out to me more than any other: committing to the…
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Preparation Precedes Performance
Football season is here. Conference season is here too. After coaching high school football for sixteen years, this time of year always excites me. Now, that same excitement shows up in a new way as I prepare to speak at conferences across the country. Serving a community as a Parks and Recreation Director while also…
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Doing Common Things With Uncommon Effort
Doing common things with uncommon effort, attitude, and perseverance. That is what greatness looks like. Too often we get mesmerized by social media, someone doing something out of the ordinary. It appears they have reached greatness. Sure, it happens occasionally, not all that often though. Social media simply sensationalizes things. Last weekend I saw a…
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Empty the Tank. Then Refill.
Are you emptying your tank every day? Truly, are you giving everything you’ve got? Controversial coming from me because I talk about burnout so much, but it’s important to know the difference — and the defense — against burnout. I’ve heard two different people in the last couple days comment on emptying your tank and…
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Clear as Mud? That’s Not Leadership.
Ambiguity at work is about as awesome as slicing my finger while food prepping. If you’ve been there, you know exactly what I mean. In the last week alone, I have engaged in three separate conversations that went well beyond the jovial discussion of difficult conversations. These conversations dove in headfirst and dug deep in…
