Accountability changes behavior

Ever wondered where your kids’ good behaviors come from? What about the bad ones? Look no further than the mirror. Children absorb what they see. They model what they experience. They normalize what we tolerate. Why is this any different in organizations? It si...

Get a dog

We say we want advice. What we really want is someone to nod along. To affirm the path we’ve already chosen. To tell us we’re brilliant for thinking exactly what we’re already thinking. That’s not advice. That’s a mirror with a voice....

When belief needs permission

We’ve heard the stories. Hundreds of voices, consistent patterns, documented experiences. Yet we wait. We wait for the handwritten confession. The authenticated document. The smoking gun from beyond the grave. As if truth requires a signature. The paradox...

Who questions your choices

Power has a peculiar effect on judgment. The higher you climb, the quieter dissent becomes. Your board might nod. Your team might smile. Your family might defer. But who actually stops you when you’re about to make a costly mistake? Consider Theranos. Elizabeth...

Your worst enemy

Olympic legend Michael Johnson dropped a truth bomb that should wake up everyone chasing excellence. On the High Performance podcast, the man who dominated sprinting admitted something brutal: he wasn’t doing what he knew he needed to do. Think about that. Four...