Do people know what to expect from you? You spend a great deal of time explaining expectations to them, but what about the other way around? Don't they have the right to know what to expect from you - How you will act, what you will or won't/do, what matters to you most? I know, you probably are thinking that they should just pick this up. That through trial and error, they should know what you value, how you deliver bad news, or when you will stop and listen. The truth is so

On December 1, 2018 a new book on leadership will hit the markets. IT'S MY BOOK, and am excited to share with you a snippet from The Other Side: Five Rules for Leading with Influence. Influence is our capacity to cause people to think or to act differently. It’s our ability to create change in someone, to help a person to think at a higher level, to cause a person to stop doing some things and start doing other things. To do this, to cause change, the best influencers crea

ARE YOU FAKING IT??? Each of us has created an ideal image of what a leader is. This is a problem! Why? Because the image we've created in our head is a composite of the best leaders we've come across. That is, what we imagine to be the "ideal" leader, does not actually exist, nor has it ever, nor will it ever. The problem is that once we've imagined the ideal leader, we begin to compare ourselves, our performance, and our results to a leader that only lives in fantasy la

Influencers are change-agents. They are individuals who are able to help people see things differently and provide the encouragement and support for them to change, to improve, to get better. The pioneer of our contemporary field of leadership development, Warren Bennis states, “The basis of leadership is the capacity of the leader to change the mindset, the framework of the other person.” Most in the masses on the one side of the line are actually quite satisfied with how

You may have walked past an important building and noticed a stone that was a little different than the rest, usually just above ground level where two outside walls come together. Often this stone has a year engraved in it and if you could go back in time you’d probably be able to experience a ceremony, where this stone was placed into the wall of a nearly completed building with a lot of pomp. They call this stone the cornerstone and in today’s time it performs no archite

It was 6:30 AM, July 4, 2016 and I was standing at the starting line of the annual Plain City Utah Fourth of July 5K. The last time I lined up for this race was nearly two decades previous, when I was a star cross country runner for the local high school. In those days, I usually won this race and now I found myself ready to relive memories by showing all those around (including some former high school runners whom I'd not seen in nearly as much time) that I could still do th

I hope that this isn't news to you, but someday you and I are going to die! Just two weeks go I conducted my 8th funeral and each time as I do, one of the hardest things to do is to summarize up a person's life into just a few sentences. Believe it or now, when your times comes (and this might be soon for some of you and far off for others), people will do the same to you and your entire life will be summarized into a "life sentence" or two. What do you think they will say

About a year ago I was convinced by my brothers to start investing into the stock market. They both had had some pretty amazing success and painted the picture for me that this is a certain way to make some quick money. Well, it's been a bumpy ride. Sure, one of my stocks has increased over 70%, but many others have not been as good, and one has performed exactly the opposite as my best. I've learned a lot and invest smarter now, but I've also learned that stocks are not t