Leadership author and speaker
Leadership author and speaker
“There is a great cost when you neglect the human connection point in business.” – Susan Steinbrecher, CEO, Steinbrecher And Associates, Inc. I’m a firm believer in the human element in business and in life. After all, the reason we build things, make products, and provide services is for other people. Without “heart”, then we don’t […]
The pandemic, politics, social turbulence – all are challenges to modern leaders to keep their teams motivated and on mission.
In the first part, I discussed the necessity for leaders to help their teams find value in participation in professional and social organizations related to the business. For Air Force officers, that used to be the Officers Club, but I discovered my younger officers didn’t necessarily sign up to that particular tradition. Like the office coffee […]
I was honored to provide closing comments for our most recent PACIFIC UNITY event with participants from the Maldives and the Marshall Islands. To give you a sense of scale, the Maldives and Marshalls are as far from each other as the Marshalls are from the Mainland United States. The Pacific is a BIG place!
It was axiomatic as a brand new lieutenant I was expected to join the Officer’s Club. I read about the expectation in my Air Force Officer’s Guide, and senior officers repeatedly reinforced that expectation. It was part of my professional obligation to support the Club, and I accepted this at face value. In fact, other a couple of […]
We all need people to look up to, and be inspired by, so we can continue to reach for excellence in all we do. As an Airman, I’m inspired by these fine men and women I’m humbled to serve with!
Each new year the resolutions fly…we promise to lose weight, eat better, work harder, read more, you name it. Now that we’re at the end of January, it’s time to take stock of our goals and re-commit to them. Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar once spoke about the snooze button, and how it was really superfluous. […]