Sometimes the simplest act can be the most inspirational. I brought this on myself when I decided that the banner words for THE SENSEI LEADER MOVEMENT would ...

I met with an amazing group of leaders this week in Maine… Joe Hyatt, Jim Chadbourne and John Schafer are all executives at Rubb Building Systems. They build...

The best leaders and the best organizations have one thing in common––and only one: They are ALWAYS trying to get better.

It disgusts me when people lump respect, trust and loyalty in with the “soft” aspects of business and leadership. It’s sick that so many people call these “i...

Let’s start with the most clichéd item on the list… “We’ve always done it this way.” You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who would disagree that this is one...

"Who you are as a leader becomes reality in the hearts and minds of the people you serve through what you say––and more important––how you say it." Imagine t...

There are only two types of people in the world today: leaders––and those who refuse. Let’s start with that. I don’t care if you’re the janitor or the CEO, i...

Whose responsibility is that? The leader knows whose responsibility it is. “Mine.” Even when you delegate tasks and duties to others, the responsibility rest...

Human-centric leadership is NOT optional. It is NOT a luxury you can put off. It is NOT soft. It is NOT just some feel-good platitude. It costs an average of...

Inspiration should be commonplace in leadership. Too often I hear leaders say that they have difficulty thinking of themselves as inspiring. Humility is a go...

One of the questions I get asked most often is how, exactly, do you find a good mentor? Let’s start with two fundamental questions: #1 What, exactly are you ...

The research is clear. People perform at their best when–-and only when––they know their leaders care. When they know their work has meaning. And when they h...

Would you like to produce higher Q12 scores? Join THE SENSEI LEADER MOVEMENT… Now before this sounds too self-serving, please allow me to explain… First of a...

With “The Coddling of the American Mind,” Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt set off a firestorm… Their inspiration was the growing tendency on college campus...

This may be the least painful challenge you ever accept––though I’m not making any promises in that regard! I will promise that you won’t have to douse yours...

One of the most frustrating questions I get is when people ask me about the ROI on training human-centric leaders.… At some point you just have to make a dec...

I always find the responses to this fascinating… Doing the right thing is always the most important consideration, even when it’s not profitable, expedient, ...

I get this question a lot lately: Why Africa? When Americans express and interest in Africa the assumption is that they’re either going on a mission, some ty...

One of the greatest ongoing challenges facing every organization is the continual need to develop new leaders. You want to identify and cultivate the people w...

One of the most important jobs a leader has is making it simple… • Simplify the goal. • Simplify the mission. • Simplify the tasks at hand. Think about it. L...