Tag: mindset
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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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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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How to Make Difficult Choices a Little Easier
I don’t know what to move forward on, we need many things and I am struggling to decide what is best. Yep, that was last week’s conversation with a director. Last week we talked about difficult conversations. This week we lean into difficult decisions, because they often go hand in hand. My first question was,…
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The Power of Connection Starts With Your TEAM
We are hitting the middle of summer. Avoid the mid‑summer meltdown. You know exactly what I’m talking about. All staff, part-time included, are going to start burning out from heat, long hours, and working more days than they are used to. And when we are tired, habits slip. The key to overcoming this is uniting…
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Busy Being Busy Is Breaking Your Leadership
Let’s be honest, most leaders aren’t burned out because they’re weak. They’re burned out because they’re busy being busy. Summer exposes that faster than any other season. In Parks & Recreation and municipal government, the pace doesn’t just increase it explodes. Your head goes down, you sprint forward, and suddenly someone says, “Hey, when’s our…
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From Burnout to Breakthrough: The Moment Everything Changed
Burnout doesn’t show up all at once. It creeps in quietly — through late nights, constant interruptions, unclear expectations, and the pressure to carry a team on your back. And if you’re anything like I was, you don’t notice the burnout until you’re already deep in it. I used to think burnout meant I was…
