Author: Chet

Most relationships work optimally when we understand each other’s position and align. Here’s the leadership nugget. Want a team that’s all in? Play your hand like you’ve got no more money to bet. Go all in with your team. Rarely does a team exceed their leaders level of all in. Stop wishing you had a … Continue reading Always…

When you look at the complexities of whatever circumstance you face today, remember, when you boil it all down, you've really only got three options - change, accept, exit. Change yourself/circumstance. Accept yourself/circumstance. Exit the environment. Change. Accept. Exit. The popular option of sitting around and wishing you could change but telling yourself you can't … Continue reading Change…

Starting BTL team practice with three new OSU (Ohio State University) teams - Mens golf, Womens LAX, and Mens volleyball. I have the curse of knowledge. Having to go back to the beginning and remember what it was like when I didn’t know what I take for granted now. Simple, not easy. Yesterday, during practice … Continue reading Good…

Jay Mosley is building a winning team at OSU. Last year this team finished third in the nation, just behind a couple southern powerhouses. He's doing it in the North. Golfers have long been going the other direction. He's building differently. We are just getting started with this team. Stay tuned. He's great. They're going … Continue reading Golfers…

Yesterday, the better team did not win. Auburn took down my beloved Buckeye's on a fortunate goal of their own and a couple cross bar close calls for the Buckeyes. The refs also missed a hand ball in the box and all of this while playing short handed due to early season injuries. Soccer is … Continue reading Better team…

“Happy is the man who has his quiver full…” Psalms 127:5 Live hard. Love harder…

This week I witnessed a lot of systems in pain; chronic pain. Chronic pain rooted in pride, anger, greed, sloth, envy, lust, and gluttony. 7 deadly, you know. Here's what I saw. Pride - began as a strong sense of self and slowly became full of self. Anger - suddenly burst forth in rage. Greed … Continue reading Humbly…

Everything, and I mean everything, rises and falls on leadership.  CompuServe (This is HQ in it's present state), where I worked for twenty years and served on the EC (Executive committee) for ten, is gone. Extinct. Why?  The ccd truth is the EC failed the associates, customers, and investors. We imploded from within. We did … Continue reading Extinct…