Conversation with a child in one of the many crime ridden apartment complexes I patrol. Child: “You only arrest bad people right, Mr. Officer?” Me: “Yes. I do.” Child: …
New Words for New Situations
What makes our words powerful and effective? What we say, combined with how we live can together offer a synergistic force that can literally change the world (or at least …
The Bowe Bergdahl Thing
This morning I am a little angry. I apologize up front if any of our readers are upset about what I am going to say here, but I participate in …
Seriously, why do we lead?
Why do we lead? This will mark the second time today and the fourth time in the past two days I have started, renamed and changed this article in an …
Leadership Language: Old & New – Part 1
We can attract people with our language and we can turn them off just as quickly with the words we use. Which ones are the right ones? Which ones will …
Leadership Lessons from Gilligan’s Island
If you were stranded on a deserted island… Have your children ever asked you this? I think that they think it is some sort of a riddle. “Daddy what are …
Leadership in Chaos
I had the privilege of escorting my wife on a trip over the last few days to New York City. Now those of you that know me, I am sure …
A Leadership Formula
I often wonder what makes a good leader. I think back to some of the leaders I have experienced in my life and try to remember what they had in …
The Blindness of Showing Up
Recently, I began watching a new Sitcom called Growing Up Fisher. The show is told from the view of a middle school boy whose father happens to be blind. You …
Leadership and Fear
It seems that no matter what we do there is an element of fear involved. I guess first we need to define fear, fear as I know it is not …