Author: Chet

Watch Mendoza’s Heisman winning acceptance speech. It’s CCD freakin’ magic. Love the game. Love your team. Never forget your mom. Always be gracious and grateful to those who give you the gift of belief. Seek hard truth. Let go of a poor delivery and embrace the nugget of truth. Oftentimes it’s wrapped in a rough … Continue reading Mendoza…

Great leaders understand humility is what holds them and their teams together. Humility constrains. Humility calms. Humility keeps us looking up; down, not so much. Great leaders couple great strength with the practice of humility. They see the seeds of pride, arrogance, and out of control hubris before the world does. These leaders fall to … Continue reading Bookends…

Here’s hard truth. Don’t buy the bullshit around your identity NOT being in your performance. Your identity is most definitely tied to your performance. If you identify as a master builder and your performance is novice at best, you have a misplaced identity. Your identity is NOT how others perceive your performance. That is your … Continue reading Character…

A long time ago, when feeling overwhelmed trying to balance three kids under eight, being a busy dude at work, loving my bride, loving the Lord, and being a friend to a few, I went to Pastor Rick for some advice. Told him I was out of balance. Not playing any of my roles well. … Continue reading Integrate…

Back in my corporate days at CompuServe we knew how to celebrate wins. I had a small horn in my office. Whenever somebody sold something, I would hop out of my chair, grab my tiny horn, go out in the hallway and honk it. People would gather round and hear the story of some win … Continue reading Celebrate…

Many humans struggle to stay in the fight when they can’t see the shore. Florence Chadwick, back in 1950 set the record time for swimming across the English Channel, an amazing accomplishment of endurance. In 1952 she set out to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast. This should have been an easier feat … Continue reading Just keep swimming…

BTL builds more productive leaders and more productive teammates, most of the time. Transforming takes time and isn't up and to the right. Fits and starts, is more descriptive of this journey toward oneness. Let's look at the UNITED states of America... George III didn't transition power to the American colonies because we had a … Continue reading By George…

So, you think you're a leader. Here's a quick litmus test. Three questions. Do you model the way? Whatever you want from those following you, are you modeling it consistently? Pass/Fail. No grading on the curve. Are you showing the way? Are you CCD (clear, concise, and direct) with where we're going, why it matters, … Continue reading You a leader?