Here are 5 back-to-school tips from three "parenting experts" who are siblings. They wrote these tips that are excerpted from Please Listen Up, Parents when they were 21, 18 and 15 years-old. If we really don't want the latest lunchbox, let it go – we are trying to be cool. Get us into a routine before…
Healthy leaders deeply value their values. They live and lead by their values. Three values are the hallmark of healthy leaders and demonstrate that they are in service to others: integrity, humility, and compassion. This week, we will highlight compassion. Compassion means you actively seek to know the person behind the employee. This leadership…
We are both proud graduates of Florida State University, and were fortunate to attend during Bobby Bowden’s tenure as head football coach. The world lost a great coach and an even better person this week. Your legacy is not what you leave for people but what you leave in them. Bowden’s life embodies that definition…
Healthy leaders deeply value their values. They live and lead by their values. Three values are the hallmark of healthy leaders and demonstrate that they are in service to others: integrity, humility, and compassion. This week, we will highlight humility. Humility, in the words of C.S. Lewis, “is not thinking less of yourself but thinking…
We are in the midst of baseball season. Baseball uses a great tool to both hype up the individual player and to prepare the audience for the next player to bat or pitch. A walk-up song is played as each player strolls up to the plate or when a new pitcher takes the mound. These…
Healthy leaders deeply value their values. They live and lead by their values. Three values are the hallmark of healthy leaders and demonstrate that they are in service to others: integrity, humility, and compassion. Last week, we discussed inside-out leadership, and this week we will highlight the first of three values of healthy leaders: integrity.…
Healthy leadership is cultivated from the inside-out. We win from within. Healthy team performance begins with healthy leader performance. Healthy leaders lead from the inside-out, making personal changes and improvements before asking their teams to do the same. The power of role modeling is true in every aspect of life. Children mimic their parents’ values,…
I had lunch this week with three inspiring men pictured here: Norman Merzger (90), Jim Atkins (81) and Larry Foster (82). Clearly, I am the only one in the photo who looks his age! These men are fully engaged in life mainly because they have a clear purpose that is outside of themselves. Their lives…
The current business and public health environment have forced many of us to grow in ways we would have never imagined. As you move forward, the key is to intentionally sustain that growth. Healthy growth is a choice. When you help others grow, you grow… and growing people fuel growing organizations. Something is healthy when it…
Last week we spoke at an international conference for managing partners of accounting firms (in person!). We were struck by the wide range of current work situations, from fully back in the office to fully hunkered down at home, depending on the country and state. Amongst all their differences, there was one clear common challenge:…
