THE LEADERSHIP BLOG
Making Deep Connections, Restoring Trust, & Leading from the Bottom Up
Bridging Through the Election
https://youtu.be/DkqO7OWkAps Hey, Rooftop leaders. How are you doing? I know we are in some very turbulent times right now going through the election and on the other side of the election. I can tell you in my time as a Green Beret working in trust depleted...
Learning To Trust Each Other Again
https://youtu.be/RWoytou45fE How in the world do we learn to trust each other again? That's a question that's been on my mind a lot lately, and I bet it's probably been on your mind. I've had high school teachers ask me this. I've had business owners ask me this. I've...
The Book of Beautiful Questions: Rooftop Podcast Interview with Warren Berger
https://youtu.be/66tawrO1Opk Want to build a leadership and communication skill that your competition doesn’t use? Become a “Questionologist.” In this time of Churn asking “Beautiful Questions” is a skill every Rooftop Leader MUST have. Join me on...
Decisive Point
https://youtu.be/82p47ZdmKAM We are going to talk about how to use a “Decisive Point” to arrive at a solution for a complex problem. Now, in the last Vlog you heard me talk about “Unity of Effort”. It's taking all of the different participants in your organization,...
Battlefield to Boardroom: Unity of Effort
https://youtu.be/bxLoCuwvtcE One of the lessons that I talk about a lot in corporate America and in organizations from nonprofits to small businesses is this notion of what we call “Unity of effort”, in the military world. “Unity of Effort”, this timeless principle of...
Battlefield to Boardroom: METL “Mission Essential Task List”
https://youtu.be/pjs0BMDPer8 What is it that rings the bell for Your Organization? What are the things that if you don't do money doesn't come in, you don't achieve your mission? These thoughts took me back to a term that we use in the military. We call it METL....
Battlefield To Boardroom: Leadership Philosophy
https://youtu.be/LYPthuWZ48A As I moved on through my career, I saw leaders good and bad who would put out their leadership philosophy. It was something that I started to do myself as a team leader, as a company commander, and I saw the value in it because what it...
Pictures in Their Head
https://youtu.be/JYO4fAVE0jA Stuart Diamond tells us to, “See the pictures in their head”. If you can do this, let me tell you something, you have a serious leadership advantage in life and business because when you see the pictures in their heads, now you know where...
Understanding the Emotional Atmosphere in the Room
https://youtu.be/YGTheEjJGjQ Assess and understand the emotional atmosphere in the room. It’s critical in your boardroom, with your kids, with your associates, your prospects, your clients. There is an emotional climate always around us, because humans are the most...
Power Of Leveraging a Committed Network
https://youtu.be/nXeNKAeYu9c One of the first steps that I want to go into for meeting people where they are, one of the first tools is to leverage the network. Leverage a powerful network. If you can do this, you can move people to take action. You can create a...
Meet Them Where They Are
https://youtu.be/n7CSwx5LI6s How do you go from 75 people who are committed to something, to 15,000 in less than 18 months? Would those numbers make a difference in your business? Would those numbers make a difference in your association or your organization? Would...
High Stakes Listening
https://youtu.be/1kR2gtx4Kaw Isn't it interesting that although we know listening is such a powerful thing, we know that biologically it validates us at an identity level and it endears and creates relevance and reciprocity. Yet so few of us do it. It's...
Lean In
https://youtu.be/DKBuGYMJML8 There are a lot of studies that show your body language, your physicality in an interpersonal engagement, is up to 60% of the human connection. Another 30% is voice tonality and maybe 10% is the actual spoken word. But where do we spend...