P.A.C.E. Planning for Your Project | FF23

Emotional Intelligence Trumps Data | FF22

As leaders we should always be aware of the emotional health of our team. This will always be more important than data points and tasks.

Help the New People | FF21

Inspired from a recent Jiu Jitsu session as I helped some brand new folks learn about frames and shrimping, but also thinking about how we can help ou...

Improvise - Overcome - Adapt | FF20

Sharing inspiration from the Netflix show 'High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America' and how we as Project Managers need to k...

The Long Weekend in May - A Brief History of Memorial Day | PPP #77

Sharing the devastating loss of life of American Servicemen and Servicewomen and some advancements that came from the terribleness of war. Pause and r...

Give Your Attention | FF19

Sharing a sentiment from Simon Sinek's 'Leader's Eat Last' about the importance of giving our attention and being present, not locked into the world o...

Salvation is Real | FF18

With some inspiration from The Cranberries I share my $.02 on our ability to look at how we can create salvation for our spiritual, physical and menta...

How to Grow a Successful Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Gym and Culture with Andrew Smith and Daniel Frank | PPP #76

Have you ever wondered how best to apply a choke while "Man Eater" by Hall and Oates is playing in the background? Then this episode and the book 'The...

Manage the Change or the Change Will Manage You | FF17

Sharing considerations for leaders and teams who are making changes to systems and processes in their organizations

Optimize Your People's Time | FF16

Sharing quick tips on leveraging existing time reserved with our teams and how to help relieve the pressure for our folks who have been "on" so much o...

Compromise is Key | FF15

Compromise has benefited me in both my personal and professional life and I think it's an attribute we should all consider as we make our way through...

How Project Managers can Embrace the Ronin-Like Lifestyle in Business | PPP #75

Sharing how sometimes Project Managers can feel like the Ronin of feudal Japan. That is to say, like masterless experts moving from project to project...

That .2% Matters | FF14

If we hit 99.8% of our goal, that's great. But what impact does the .2% we miss have on our people and organizations?

Snippets and Lessons Learned from My First Six Podcast Interviews | PPP #74

Taking the listeners down memory lane as I share snippets from the early days of my podcasting career.

Adversity Breeds Strength | FF13

Tough times call for tough people. Over the past year or so we've all had opportunity to sharpen ourselves through adversity.

How We Can Move from Crisis to Calm with Debra Woog | PPP #73

Sharing Debra Woog's (like "Vogue") over 30 years of experience as a leadership researcher, executive, advisor and now "Crisis Navigation Partner" as...

Make Every Friday Good Friday | FF12

Thinking on Friday traditions from Christianity, Judaism and the Muslim faiths as well as Remember Everyone Deployed (RED) Friday.

This is How the United States Can Re-Build Public Health Operational Competence | PPP #72

Sharing the "Foundational 5" for how Public Health and America as a whole can be more prepared for the next pandemic.

Every Morning is a Miracle | FF11

Sharing a bit of Hal Elrod's inspiring story and the S.A.V.E.R.S. actions from his book "The Miracle Morning". Also check out the Miracle Morning movi...

An Adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's "If" for Jiu Jitsu Practitioners | PPP #71

Yes, it's another of my re-interpretations of Rudyard Kipling's masterpiece "If", with focus on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) Players.