If you are a leader, you are in the communication business. That means, you need a process for putting thoughts into writing. Here's mine.

Twelve months ago, I found myself in the throes of the largest, most disruptive, and personally difficult season of organizational change...

A healthy sabbatical offers an organization--not just a leader--powerful opportunities to take new ground.

I want to talk about power. No, not the dark side of power nor all the abuses that flow from it—a good topic for another day—but the...

Maybe it’s the nature of politics. Maybe it’s just part of human nature. Either way, it seems that the public rhetoric of our day is...

Does it seem to you like we live in a moment when trust of leaders is at a real low? In politics we are more suspicious than ever. In the...

Coal mining is tough stuff. Gritty. Dangerous. Anything but romantic—except for the cute little canaries carried deep into the mines to...

If you’ve read my recent posts on vision, you’ve heard me say I think Vision is a subject that has gone out of vogue among leaders. I...

The power of an engine means it creates friction. The problem with friction is that it kills engines. Every engine generates friction, no...

Let me cut straight to the bottom line. The reason that vision statements fail to inspire and rally the troops is very simple: Vision is...