Author: Chet

Hope, many leaders have told me, is NOT a strategy. I get it. Here's the truth.  Leaders are purveyors of hope. Without hope the people will perish. Proverbs 29:18.  Hope alone is not a strategy. Whatever strategy you choose, remember it matters most that the team believes. Leader's gotta believe, first. Rarely does a teams … Continue reading Hopefully…

Recently I sat in on a client strategy session. It was French to me. I'm no expert on the intricacies of their business. So, after listening to the differences in their strategy, one of the leaders asked me what I think.  My ccd sharing was simple. They had vision collision. One believed the best way … Continue reading Simple…

You do not naturally gain strength. In fact, your muscles will weaken if you train them today as you did yesterday. As you age, you must train harder to maintain your current level of fitness. Same is true for your mind. It doesn't naturally grow new and improved neural networks unless you train it to … Continue reading Strength…

"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." Proverbs 17:17 "Like cold water to a weary person, so is good news from a distant land." Proverbs 25:25 The last couple days I hung with Mom in my hometown of Salina, Kansas. She's fighting a double infection - one in her … Continue reading What friends do…

Invest your time in your OPUS. Period. Look at your unifying strategies and create the most productive disciplines. Disciplines begin with a couple baby steps a day. Stack them. This is not that hard... The hard part is believing your OPUS is really possible. The hard part is believing you can pull this off and … Continue reading Dream and do…

Yesterday, during practice ONE.215, Grappy exclaimed we had done it again. You see, he started practice by sharing with his men the absolute gift of being a grandpa. Yes, we're talking to 20ish grapplers about becoming grandpa's. Freakin' magic it was.  So after Grappy's start, we watched with intent "To be a Man," by Dax … Continue reading Prepared and reactive…

Your team is not defined by the words painted on your walls. Your team is defined by the behaviors it allows, condones, encourages, and disciplines. Fact. You are defined by your behaviors. Healthy humans author their own deeply held beliefs and align behaviors accordingly. They close their integrity gaps when they say one thing and … Continue reading Culture…

I’ve always had a hard time listening. When my justice thread (sense of right and wrong) gets tweaked, it seems to close my ears far too often and at the same time unhinges my unfiltered mouth. The result is not good. Seems I have the hardest time hearing the ones I love the most. Damn. … Continue reading Listening…