New Year, New Process?
When I was in school at Harvard, I took a class from the late, brilliant Stephen Jay Gould, a paleontologist and big baseball fan (the latter is what helped me understand any of his examples). He spoke and wrote often of our preoccupation with otherwise meaningless...
Mentoring, the US Army, and Me
In 2023 I was invited to Joint Base Langley-Eustis to speak on mentor leadership to the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command and U.S. Army Forces Command.
But for as different as the setting was, the principles were the same. The Army is focused on building community, making people better, and helping them grow as leaders.
Fired Into the Great Wide Open
This week in 2004, I was fired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bruce Allen had just replaced Rich McKay as General Manager, and I was a “McKay Guy,” weary from two years of internal battles between head coach Jon Gruden and Rich (as well as the rest of us in...
Backdating Goals
I’m sure Tony Robbins might not approve, but I’ve been known to backdate my goals. Yes, backdate. (Yes, having actual, forward-looking goals or a “One Word” is good, but stick with me – this is different.) At the end of December,...
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