Leadership
Leadership
The Success Mechanism Inside Top Leaders
Executive coaching in St Louis reveals this truth: there’s a hidden force inside every leader. I call it the Success Mechanism. You can also call it intuition, inner wisdom, soul, or simply—the part of you that knows. When leaders tap into this, extraordinary things happen. Decisions get clearer....
Leading Through Fulfillment, Not Force
When beginning leadership coaching with St Louis leaders, it often starts with this realization: The traditional leadership model is force-based. Set the goal, push the team, drive toward the result. It works—until it doesn’t. Until you realize your team is burnt out. Until you realize you’re...
The Leadership Blind Spot of Chasing the Wrong Target
In the world of entrepreneurs in St Louis, most leadership teams don’t miss their goals due to lack of discipline, intelligence, or work ethic. They miss because they’re aiming at the wrong thing. We’ve been conditioned to focus on outcomes: revenue, valuation, headcount, market share. These are...
Why Most High-Achieving Leaders Still Feel Off Course
As a St Louis business coach, I’ve seen it time and time again. At 29, I had a resume that impressed most people. Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army, multiple degrees, marathons under my belt, six-figure salary, and a house in a great neighborhood. From the outside, I had it all. But here’s the...
3 Ways Great Leaders Deal With Crappy People
I'm not going to give you 3 ways great leaders deal with crappy people. Sorry about the misleading headline.Because, the truth is, great leaders don't see people as crappy people.Great leaders see the essential greatness in their people and focus on amplifying that greatness. This is not to...
When, Why and How: 360 Assessments for Business Leaders
A 360 Assessment is a tool coaches, consultants and hr professionals use to facilitate learning and development. There are many different types of 360 assessments, essentially it's a survey or questionnaire designed to elicit feedback and reflections from a diverse group of stakeholders around the...
The “Problem” with Millennials
The problem with millennials. They are too this or too that. Just mention the word, millennial, to a bunch of 50 and 60 somethings in a workplace setting and you'll get chuckles, nods of agreement and universal disapproval. They will share stories and joke about how they never answer the phone, or...
Baseball and Business, Vignette #2
Clayton Kershaw For those that don't know him, he is the absolute best pitcher on the planet. And, that is not an opinion. At age 28, he has won three Cy Young awards, given to the best pitcher in each league, leads the league in strikeouts, era, complete games. Basically, he is the best of the...
Your Boss is an Asshole
Yep, I said it. It's true. Your boss is an asshole. He's always micro-managing you, never gives you positive reinforcement, only points out what you did wrong. You do a million great things and the one thing that you miss, that isn't even a big deal, your boss is all over you. He can't even leave...