My family’s schedule was impacted this week by the death of my mother-in-law. You can insert all of the standard mother-in-law jokes here if you want to. But, none of …
Nuts and Trees
I may have mentioned a time or two before that I love great quotes. The more obscure and pithier the quote, the more I like it. And if I can …
Legacy Leadership
A focus on legacy leadership will drive every decision that you make and every action that you take. But what is Legacy Leadership? And what does it have to do …
Traditions Need a Foundation and a Credible Leader
I pondered recently the value of “traditions” when it comes to building a legacy of leadership. And I got a lot of interesting feedback and comments from folks who reached …
Leadership Traditions Build a Leadership Legacy
How many of you are already thinking that I have made a mistake in my writing the subtitle of this article? Most of us have grown up hearing that “Practice …
Leadership Lessons the Hard Way
I awoke yesterday morning to the terrible news that I lost a dear friend overnight. My friend, Butch Sweeney, could no longer stand to be in this mortal shell. He …
Build Another Leader in 2016
And here we are at part 3 of this quick 4 part series on resolutions that every leader should make as they start the new year. On Monday, I dealt …
EI Outside the Workplace
I spent a great deal of time earlier in the week extolling the virtues of Emotional Intelligence in the workplace. And I still believe there is a significant need for …
Teach Gratitude to a Preschooler in Four Simple Steps
In all things give thanks… The five year old just celebrated her birthday. She received a predictably mountainous and diverse pile of presents from family and friends, and we had …
Leading the next generation of leaders: An introduction
Editors’ Note: This article was originally posted in 2014, and for 2015 David and Leadership Voices have decided to produce a series of articles focused on family leadership and developing …