Captain’s Log

A well-defined purpose statement isn’t about generic financial objectives. It’s about the tangible impact your team aspires to make.

It’s easy to fall into a trap of unproductive meetings. This resource provides some best practices to turn your meetings into productive powerhouses.

The Leader’s Find Time Process™ goes beyond simply creating a schedule; it aligns your calendar with your priorities and energy levels.

The Stakeholder Mastery Process™ enables leaders to identify critical stakeholders and understand their key motivations.

Within minutes, find time you previously didn’t have by using the Calendar Hammer™ process.

Do you know the fastest way to recover from stress and exhaustion, recoup your energy, and reclaim your power? Take inventory. More specifics coming soon. Many of our clients are utterly drained by this time of year. Extensive travel, back-to-back meetings,...

A Mother’s Passing: Reflection and Action During the last several months, several special women in my life have passed away. Following the death of my own mother last August, many of my dear friends have also lost their mothers. Sammi and Doug...

I was literally in the final aisle where you wait for the cashier amidst the store's last-ditch effort to sell you one last item. As I am walking towards the cash register, I look to my right, where there are mugs on the shelf (see picture). Looking around...

After 15 months of being grounded, I am back on an airplane, literally writing this from 20K feet. I'll admit that this is a bit weird, foreign and familiar all at the same time. If you are about to re-enter the world of travel, I hope these insights and...

You know how when you hear something 2-3 times you start paying attention? This is what has happened to me over the last month while writing a chapter of my second book. A story surfaced about work I did years ago and with time passing, I am now seeing it in...

It is crazy to me that I launched my new company and my new website, PurposeStone.com, this spring and that I am just now coming to this realization. I have struggled with developing this website because I did not feel comfortable making it about me and...

Clues to better understand our own purpose and how they connect to the organizations we belong to are everywhere. Research shows that when we look for something, our brains go into search mode to find it. The question makes our brain “sticky” so that when it...