You cannot ignore or dismiss the importance of consistency in a leadership role without facing consequences; you must always prioritize it.

Regardless of your current situation, if you’re willing to dedicate time to meaningful reflection today, you’ll make better choices for yourself tomorrow.

If you are unknowingly engaging in confusing, divisive, and team-splitting behaviors that could damage both your reputation and your organization’s bottom line, you are probably heading toward trouble.

Leadership isn’t binary; there’s a significant gray area that leaders must navigate to make the right decisions. The best leaders can operate in this middle ground because that’s where real leadership results are produced, no matter how you define them.

Layoffs are unfortunate, and I understand that tough decisions are essential. Leaders need to move forward for the good of the organization. However, the environment and tone established by leaders are important.

You’ve taken over a team or organization, and there are glaring issues. It’s underperforming, and you notice this right from the start. Problems are everywhere. Your team is only half-engaged, policies aren’t being followed, there’s a culture of apathy and indifference, and the person who hired you for the role is unaware but probably should be. Now, what will you do?

If you want your teams to succeed consistently, give them the guidance that will help them reach that goal and make sure the guidance matches the principles outlined in your Personal Leadership Philosophy.

Leadership coaching is a complex, compelling, fulfilling, and rewarding process. Research indicates that those who participate in leadership coaching achieve remarkable results for themselves and their organizations, and testimonials about its effectiveness are seemingly endless. For those willing to embrace its principles, the resulting skill sets will open up numerous opportunities.

For leaders with significant responsibilities, typically involving guiding people, challenging times will inevitably arise. When you encounter them, rely on the fundamentals of leadership.

In organizations and teams that require leadership, focusing only on results might seem important, but this approach ultimately creates only a temporary sense of obligation and is ineffective.

It’s acceptable to ask your team to halt their work to re-prioritize for your boss, your boss’s boss, or even their boss. If that’s what the organization genuinely needs at that moment, it’s understandable. However, if you’re being asked to do this repeatedly, it could be a sign of a problem, and it may be time to discuss it with your supervisor.

When you love what you do, you’ll approach it with the care, effort, and passion necessary to excel at it.

Winning doesn’t fix culture; culture fixes winning.

Regardless of which fitness tracker you choose, if you decide to use one, wear it daily to get the most out of its platform and assess your readiness to be best prepared to perform and lead.

Faith and patience can be applied anywhere and everywhere in leadership.

Empathy in the workplace matters; the impactful character attribute distinguishes great cultures and could be one of the secret ingredients to long-term workplace harmony.

Getting real and getting better requires recognizing that even world-class organizations still have performance variability.

Communication is critical regardless of organizational composition or mission, whether on the battlefield, on the playing field, or in the boardroom.