Mental systems

We complain about lacking time, but what we really lack are effective systems. Your morning routine—brushing teeth, getting dressed—happens without deliberation. No decision fatigue. Yet that email sitting in your inbox? You read, close, reopen, agonize, and postpone....

Who’s in that seat?

Ask a leadership team which roles they’d hesitate to refill if someone quit tomorrow—and the room often goes quiet. Not because they don’t know. But saying it out loud means confronting a harsh truth: someone on the team isn’t essential. And that’s not just their...

Character before competence

Last May, when Leeds United lost their Premier League promotion bid at Wembley Stadium, something remarkable happened. Instead of letting players disperse into their private pain, manager Daniel Farke gathered his devastated team for what was supposed to be a victory...

Being the adult

When do the adults need to show up? While we cannot force others to change until they are ready (see the blog, “When Change Happens”), and we must accept that reality, there are situations where, as an adult, you are responsible for making changes to...

Messy humans

We forgive ourselves instantly. Others? Not so much. It’s a minor blip when we stumble – “I was tired” or “It was just a bad day.” When others fail, we’re quick to assign character flaws – they’re incompetent,...