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High performers fuel the engine of success. Culture matters, and so does talent. Both matter, and unfortunately far too many leaders sacrifice their culture on the altar of talent. How you treat your high performers, and the standard you hold them too, matter immensely. To them, and just as importantly, to their teammates. If you … Continue reading High Performers

Admiration inspires imitation. Imitation reflects belief. In fact, there isn't any higher form of belief than imitation, is there? Watch wee ones and you’ll see how they learn (no different than you and no different than me). Who, friend, are you imitating when you are at your best? Ephesians 5. Give it a look. God, … Continue reading Imitating…

Faith, I believe, is well described as the courage to keep becoming (believing a better you is within you) instead of running away or stopping short of ones God given destiny. Most of us choose to stay small and lose hope in the proverbial belly of the beast. Life is hard and filled with horrors … Continue reading Faithfully…

Gandhi had it right - be the change you wish to see. I've got a client who came to me frustrated - he got dinged on a performance review with anonymous feedback that the system had not given him directly. That's a problem. A healthy functioning system doesn't wait for performance reviews, they give truth … Continue reading Be the change

“Being with” in Berlin has been kairos moment upon kairos. Tomorrow we return to America well rested and well filled. Hope your new year is also off to great start. Live hard. Love harder. Much harder…

2024 I moved it. I'm certain you did as well. The older we get the less most of us we move. Not good. In fact, the average American is more or less immobile around the age of 69. We may live much longer, but for the vast majority of it, we're inactive spectators instead of … Continue reading Move it…

When I became a member of the Cannell family back in 1982, they referred to me at work (CompuServe) as "the young lad." Kinda liked that moniker, you know.  The past few weeks have been a wee bit different. After burying Missi's oldest brother a week ago Saturday, it seems everyone wants to remind me … Continue reading Young lad no mo…

We all leave a legacy. The definition of legacy is "something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past." We are all transmitting something as we live. The best transmit what money cannot buy, what is more precious than gold, and what makes others want to put their name on … Continue reading Legacy…