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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Reading Time: 6 minutesTrustworthiness: The Bedrock of Leadership When people ask what holds leadership together, the answer is simple: Trust. Without it, communication falters, teams lose confidence, and culture cracks. With it, everything moves faster, smoother, and stronger. Trust is equal parts character and competence… You can look at any leadership failure, and it’s always a failure of
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Reading Time: 7 minutesNo one has ever become poor by giving. — Anne Frank The best leaders are certainly visionary, strategic, competent, and inspiring. Great leaders, however, have something else going for them. They’re generous! They willingly give their time, listen carefully, share information, and help us connect our work to something bigger. They praise, encourage, coach,
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Reading Time: 6 minutesWhat would you do if fear weren’t in the room? Would you speak up? Shift careers? Stand firm in the face of pressure? Or step forward even when your voice shakes? Fear isn’t the enemy. It’s a signal to act. Courage is the choice of what we do next, even when it sometimes
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Reading Time: 2 minutes… and Why You Matter More Than You Think Leadership doesn’t always have the flashiest title or even the loudest voice. Sometimes, it’s a shirtless guy dancing alone on a hill. In Derek Sivers’ classic Ted Talk, we watch a lone dancer doing his thing at a music festival—until one brave soul joins him.
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