Author: Chet

As I reflect back over my forty plus years as a leader in the world of work, I have many regrets. Let me tell you my biggest one. Before I do, let me explain what I most enjoyed as a CompuServe leader from 1985-2002. I am most energized by the fact that I had a … Continue reading Truer…

Your business success lives within the constraints of supply and demand. Both are critical. The lynchpin, however, lies on the demand side of the equation. Here's the simple truth. Great companies have more demand than supply. Failing ones? The opposite. Your job, leader, is to ensure your team solves a problem people want to pay for. And, … Continue reading Supply and demand…

C.S. Lewis wrote a beautiful book about the power of love. The Four Loves, is one you must read over and over to begin to understand the depth of this reservoir inside each of us. I, by no means, know what I'm writing about. Still a neophyte learning to love.  Here's what I'm currently learning. Love and … Continue reading Love and loss are intertwined…

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…