Nostalgia isn’t strategy

The Canadian prime minister said it this week in Davos. Simple. Direct. True. We cling to what was. The contract that made sense three years ago. The employee who once delivered brilliance. The market position we held before everything shifted. That was then. We know...

The clarity we lack

Many leaders I work with struggle to see what makes them unique. They look at their markets and see crowded spaces with endless options. “It’s all been done,” they tell me. “How can we possibly stand out?” Here’s what I’ve...

The tone you set

Two days of snow. A rare gift of stillness. Time to watch football and witness something profound about leadership. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A day to reflect on how we choose to create change. Through conversation or command. Through influence or intimidation. And...

It’s just different

We label them lazy. Unmotivated. Entitled. The younger generation on our teams doesn’t work the way we did. They don’t hustle the same hours. They don’t chase the same carrots. So we shake our heads and wonder where the ambition went. But...

They’ll forget your demands

We push. We insist. We demand change, believing our authority will make it stick. It won’t. People might comply in the moment, nodding, agreeing, executing. But compliance isn’t commitment. The change we force rarely outlasts our watchful eye. What...