I keep a Hoberman sphere on my desk. You’ve probably seen one: that mesmerizing geometric toy that collapses into a compact ball and expands into an intricate lattice of interconnected joints and struts. It’s become my favorite metaphor for what happens inside growing organizations. When the sphere is small, you can grasp it easily. Every … Read more
Your weekly Level 10 Meeting is where your Leadership Team gains Traction. It’s your opportunity to review progress, solve Issues, and stay aligned as a team. But great Level 10 Meetings don’t happen by accident. They happen when you follow a simple set of disciplines and execute the meeting the way it was designed. Here … Read more
In many growing businesses, things start to feel inconsistent. Work gets done differently depending on who’s doing it. Problems repeat. And no matter how much you document, things don’t seem to stick. Over time, leaders start to feel like they’re the only ones holding it all together. If your team isn’t following documented processes, the … Read more
We were in an EOS leadership meeting all day offsite. Same agenda. Same people. Same issues. And on the surface, it looked productive. But something was off. People were talking… but not really engaging. Issues were getting discussed… but not solved. Decisions were being made… but not sticking. And then I saw it. Phones on … Read more
Most leadership teams treat their Issues List like a rap sheet. The longer it gets, the worse they feel. They see a growing list and think something’s broken. They apologize for it. They minimize it. They hide the real stuff and only surface the safe, easy-to-solve items. Here’s the truth: a long Issues List isn’t … Read more
I’ll confess something. For years, I thought being a great leader meant doing it all. Vision. Operations. Strategy. Execution. People. Cash. All of it. All me. All the time. I was wrong. And my stubbornness cost me years of growth, a few good people, and more stress than I care to admit. Here’s the thing. … Read more
