These days are challenging, aren’t they? I listened to pro-basketball Coach George Karl talk about facing a challenge. Throughout his entire career, he was hired to take bad teams and make them better.  Though he never once coached an NBA championship team, he was hired often enough and won enough to be the sixth winningest coach […]

I rode down the Chattooga River yesterday in a whitewater raft. They call it whitewater because there are points on the rafting trip that get bumpy and steep because of the water rippling over rocks. I’m not a whitewater expert.  In fact, it’s not something I would ever attempt without expert coaching and leadership. Our […]

Do you identify as a leader?  Put another way, if you were asked if you’re a leader, would you nod your head yes?  Chris Lowney wrote a book called Heroic Leadership.   He makes this observation:  “We’re all leaders, and we’re leading all the time, well or poorly.”  Your actions have an impact.  Whether you have […]

Are you registered to vote?  When was the last time you voted? I am paying attention to the dialogue going on in our country these days.  There are widespread calls for “change” being directed to the leaders in our communities, our states and our country. For changes to take place, those elected to office have […]