Before You Add More, Ask What You Can (Or Should) Stop
Holy smokes, it's September!
2026 is well over half gone. We have just four months left in the year.
Which makes this a good time to remember a simple truth:
If nothing changes, nothing changes.
Here's the thing. High performers are exceptionally good at adding.
➕ A new responsibility.
➕ Another meeting.
➕ One more initiative.
➕ Another goal.
But leadership growth isn't ...
Leadership Requires Continual Reinvention
Last week, I had the privilege of serving as a visiting professor, speaking with a group of senior physician leaders at a wonderful medical school about one of my favorite leadership topics: identity.
As we explored leadership development together, one idea kept resurfacing. We often prepare leaders to gain new knowledge and develop new skills. Far less attention is given to somethin...
The Discipline Behind Better Decisions
High-performing leaders don't rely on good judgment alone.
They build processes that make good judgment more reliable.
No matter how experienced, intelligent, or accomplished we become, we're still human.
Emotion, urgency, assumptions, relationships, fatigue, and personal preferences influence how we interpret situations and make decisions.
We cannot eliminate those influences....
