“I was wrong.” How powerful those words can be. I remember my dad losing his temper with me when I was 18. I didn’t dare tell him what I was thinking. I just walked away. Went into my room and closed the door. A few minutes later, I heard a soft rap on the door and my...
Dad is very smart. He learned to rethink an old problem Have you seen this video making its way around the social media channels? I have been one of those dads tirelessly pitching baseballs to my children and then chasing them down – either because they missed the...
“Great moments are born from great opportunity,” coach Herb Brooks said to the United States Olympic hockey team before playing the Soviet Union in the 1980 games. The prevailing opinion before the game was that the Soviets would win – and win by six or...
I look for three qualities when I invite someone to join our Vistage group. They follow the acronym CHI. The first is Courage. It takes courage to join a business leadership group and to acknowledge, “I do not have all the answers.” We have all known...
A big question the members in my Vistage group can always expect me from me is: “What was your role in this?” We believe in personal responsibility. I’ll respect the confidentiality of the group so let me illustrate with a story from my family life. My son in his...
