Reading Time: 6 minutesThere’s a framing problem at the heart of how many leaders think about developing people. Without realizing it, they approach leadership like carpentry. They’ve got a blueprint. They’ve got tools. And they set out to cut, shape, and sand the people around them until they fit the design. The problem? People aren’t lumber.
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Reading Time: 8 minutesMany of us learn how to perform before we learn how to discern. At a very early age, we figure out what it takes to gain approval and succeed. We learn how to carry responsibility, meet expectations, achieve goals, and keep moving. Along the way, we strive to build a respectable life but maybe still
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Reading Time: 7 minutesDiscover the Virtues Hardwired Inside You Centuries before satellites orbited the earth or glowing maps lived in our pockets, explorers relied on stars, sketches, instruments, and instinct. Few minds obsessed over direction, proportion, and orientation more than Leonardo da Vinci. His notebooks brimmed with maps, mechanical designs, river systems, and flying machines. Navigation fascinated him,
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Reading Time: 5 minutes… and the way I think about them, they’re not preachy either! Leaders, including me, love their Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Objectives & Key Results (OKRs), dashboards, and quarterly reports. They’re the love language of logic, the scaffolding of competence. And they absolutely matter. But here’s the inconvenient truth: KPIs, OKRs, and the data on
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Reading Time: 11 minutesSome people think manners are old-fashioned. They ask, “Who has time to be polite?” or “This is work — people get paid to do their jobs. Why should I waste energy on courtesy?” These questions are honest. And they reveal the real tension in business today: efficiency versus principle and presence. But if courtesy is
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Reading Time: 10 minutesI can still imagine the picture Chris Carneal, Founder and CEO of Booster, painted of him leading a tour around Booster Enterprises headquarters. Initially, there were wide eyes and nods of understanding. Then, he’d stop the group in front of the wall where the company’s “Core Values” were displayed: Integrity, Enthusiasm, Leadership, Results, and Community.
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Reading Time: 6 minutesWhat if the secret to a thriving business isn’t strategy, scale, or speed, but virtue? That’s the premise behind Chris Carneal’s The Virtue Driven Business — How Timeless Principles Build Winning Cultures. The book reimagines how purpose, leadership, and culture come together to create companies that last. Carneal, founder and CEO of Booster Enterprises, doesn’t
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Reading Time: 7 minutesOn this voyage called life, be the captain of your ship. Once you decide your destination, be unyielding in where you want to go but flexible in how you get there. — Al Viller Flexibility is strength in motion. Pivot with purpose, adapt with grace, and lead through change without losing your center. If there’s
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Reading Time: 8 minutesThe cool thing about discovery is that it’s new. You’re walking through life, open to possibility, then something clicks and you see in a grand new way. That’s the gift my sabbatical gave me: room to notice what’s always been there. The result is a new body of work that’s been revealing itself, piece by
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