Leaders assume they’re aligned when they’re operating with different priorities, expectations, or definitions of success. The team is rowing, just not together.
The Dark Side of Strengths
Last week, I sat in a room with a team that does extraordinary work.They serve the mental health of children and families in their community. Every day, they show up for kids in crisis — gathering information, assessing situations, building systems, and stabilizing outcomes. They are thorough, careful, and deeply committed. They are also, conatively speaking, almost perfectly wired for exactly that.
Stop Doing Everything: How Delegate & Elevate Helps Leaders Focus on What Matters
Every peer group I facilitate, same story. Different faces, same script. “I’m so swamped.” “There aren’t enough hours.” “I can’t get to the things that actually matter.” Here’s the truth I’ll say to your face: you are probably spending a significant chunk of your week doing work that someone else could do and maybe even wants to do better than you.
Leadership Is Nuanced. But It Is Not That Complicated.
I had a moment with a client recently that made me pause. We had just finished walking through Leadership, Management, Accountability and what it really means to lead and manage people effectively. At the end of the conversation, one of the leaders said something that stuck with me. “A lot of things that mystified me don’t feel as complicated anymore.”
Why Not Asking for Help Is Actually Selfish
There is a belief I hear from leaders all the time, and on the surface, it sounds responsible, even admirable. Instead of bringing others into the problem, they keep pushing forward on their own, taking it on because they believe that is what a good leader does.
The CEO Swoop
Most CEOs will tell you they don’t want to run the day-to-day. They want a strong leadership team, people who own their seats, make decisions, and move the business forward without everything coming back to them.
The Leadership Issue Everyone Knows About (But No One Is Fixing)
Every leadership team has one—an elephant. Not a real one, obviously. But if you have ever sat in a leadership meeting where everyone knows there is an issue and no one quite wants to say it out loud, you know exactly what I mean.
Right Person. Right Seat. Wrong Work.
Leadership team begins asking the standard EOS questions. Is this really the right seat? Do they truly get it, want it, and have the capacity to do it? Occasionally, the answer is yes to all three. Sometimes the issue is the work inside the seat itself.
What I Learned From 14 Leadership Coaching Sessions in 3 Days
Last week, I spent three days at ITExpo sitting in the Coaching Café, doing back-to-back leadership sessions with founders, MSP owners, executives, and operators. Here’s what showed up repeatedly.
The 5 Signs Your MSP Has Outgrown Its Operating System
Most MSPs struggle because the way they run the business no longer matches the size and complexity of the business they’ve become. Here are five signs your MSP may have outgrown the way it currently operates.
When Vision Becomes Vague: The 3 Signs Your Leadership Team is Misaligned
Leaders assume they’re aligned when they’re operating with different priorities, expectations, or definitions of success. The team is rowing, just not together.
The Power of Asking Better Questions
When someone shares a challenge, our instinct is to fix it. Give the solution. It often skips over the most important step: understanding what’s really going on.
Break Free in 2026: Five Business Traps Holding You Back (and How to Escape Them)
2026 will not change until you change. Here are five common traps I see entrepreneurial leaders fall into and how to break free before the calendar turns.
The Accountability Lie: Why "Everyone Is Responsible" Means No One Is
There’s a phrase that sounds collaborative, fair, and team-oriented. It shows up in leadership meetings all the time, often with the best intentions behind it, but in practice, it’s one of the most damaging things a leadership team can say.
Get Your Sh*t Together: Why Goals Without Accountability Are Just New Year's Resolutions
January is a funny time. There’s energy everywhere—hope, optimism, big plans, and fresh starts. And yet, by February, most of it is gone.
The Busy Badge of Honor: Why "Doing It All" Is Killing Your Momentum
Being busy doesn’t automatically mean progress is happening. It usually means a leader is reacting instead of leading.
When Vision Becomes Vague: The 3 Signs Your Leadership Team is Misaligned
Leaders assume they’re aligned when they’re operating with different priorities, expectations, or definitions of success. The team is rowing, just not together.
The Power of Asking Better Questions
When someone shares a challenge, our instinct is to fix it. Give the solution. It often skips over the most important step: understanding what’s really going on.
Break Free in 2026: Five Business Traps Holding You Back (and How to Escape Them)
2026 will not change until you change. Here are five common traps I see entrepreneurial leaders fall into and how to break free before the calendar turns.
Why the Same Problems Keep Showing Up in Your Meetings
Have you ever noticed how the same issues keep showing up in your meetings? Different week, different person bringing it up, but somehow, it’s always that thing. The real issue isn't the issue...
Growth Hurts, But It's Worth It
When you start scaling a business, you’re not just expanding—you’re evolving. Sometimes you have to break what’s comfortable to build what’s next. That’s not failure. That’s growth in disguise.
From Survival Mode to Scale: The 7 Traps Every Business Owner Faces
There comes a point in every business where what used to work stops working. Here are the seven most common growth traps—and how you can break free.
Scrappy Doesn’t Scale: Why Hustle Alone Won’t Grow Your Business
In the beginning, scrappy was your superpower. Raw hustle built momentum to get your business off the ground. But momentum only gets you so far.
The Power of an Abundance Mindset in Business
In business, it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking resources, opportunities, and success are limited—like there’s only so much to go around.
Reframing Time & Accountability: A Simple Shift That Changes Everything
What if you could completely transform the way you think about time and accountability with just one small change in language?