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Yesterday, my wife set up a Halloween leadership experiment. Since we were out "trick or treating" with our youngest son, Jill decided to leave a BIG bowl of candy at our front door with a sign: HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Please take 2 treats! Character- It's doing the right...

Yesterday, my wife set up a Halloween leadership experiment. Since we were out "trick or treating" with our youngest son, Jill decided to leave a BIG bowl of candy at our front door with a sign: HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Please take 2 treats! Character- It's doing the right...

Every thought leader dreams about having their "content" embedded into the vocabulary and culture of corporate America - schools, non-profits and organizations throughout the world.  I would bet that almost everyone reading this BLOG knows the name Jim Collins, the...

My parents taught me not to wear a baseball cap at the dinner table.  Not to talk politics with guests. Use manners. And clear your plate.  Simple. My mother drilled these rules into my sisters and me and I'm sure yours did as well. In my line of work - being a...

Last week I had the honor of being the closing keynote speaker for AutoZone's national sales meeting in Memphis, Tennessee. 3,000 "Zoners" filled the Memphis Convention Center all dressed in the same pressed gray shirt uniform. In my seven years on the speaking...

Last week I had the honor of being the closing keynote speaker for AutoZone's national sales meeting in Memphis, Tennessee. 3,000 "Zoners" filled the Memphis Convention Center all dressed in the same pressed gray shirt uniform. In my seven years on the speaking...

Last week I had the honor of being the closing keynote speaker for CVS Health's National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida. I spoke to 1,800 of the CVS senior team who lead their 243,000 colleagues (they don't use the e-word at CVS). CVS Health is the largest...

The most dangerous thing about being a professional speaker is being a professional speaker. Meaning: there are thought leaders writing books and speaking on the circuit who have never started a company, made payroll or led an organization (other than their own...

A few weeks ago Jill and I took the kids to one of our favorite spots in the world – Vail, Colorado. I’m not a big “spread your ashes” kind of guy - but if I died and had to spread my ashes somewhere, I would spread half my ashes in Italy and the other half in Vail...