Intentional Leadership is the latest approach in wide circulation, and it warrants a good look and a conversation. What exactly is it?
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Learning to Embrace Change
Aiming for things to stay within our control may be the human default setting, but we need to work on changing that. Here's how to learn to embrace change.
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Leading with Intention: Embracing the Butterfly Effect
Most often, the result of this chain reaction isn’t immediately visible. Instead, in order to identify what caused a particular effect, you have to work your way backward through a series of small but profoundly integrated actions.
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Top Leadership Book Recommendations
Check out some of the top reads to strengthen your leadership IQ and EQ.
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Nine Principles for Black Belt Leadership
Scott shares the Black Belt principles that are the building blocks for great leadership.
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Know Thyself, Know The Customer
The real question for true business Leaders is: HOW do we want to make money? And the answer to that question is your vision. Without an honest answer, we risk the very definition of our company.
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Protect & Serve
As Leaders, our job is to make sure our interactions create the intended outcomes and support our values. Does your policy manual reflect your values?
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Critical Thinking in the “Mis”-Information Age
In this age of rapid, directed, and compensated marketing behavior, it seems to me that many times we miss information which leads to misinformation. Sometimes it’s intentional misdirection but mostly it’s because we aren’t trained to think critically.