Monthly Archives: October 2022

This week, guest author, Tom Console, defensive football coach at University of Pennsylvania, leads us into “The Great Leadership Academy” on the field.

His five lessons of leadership provide a way to continuously improve as a leader and an athlete. Tom has a great theory on how to increase confidence on and off the field through his acronym KCAC. Great article from a great leader!

If you want to guest author, drop us an email and we’ll help you publish.

Thanks, Tom, for helping us all lead well.

Steve

Good morning, Leaders!

This week I visited the Wisconsin National Guard Challenge Academy, an alternate high school program for 16- to 18-year-old students who have dropped out or are not progressing in a traditional setting.

I found that in this environment, they exemplify the Easy-Hard Principle: doing hard things today leads to an easier future.

It was inspiring watching them build a better life, and this week we look at how to apply those principles in our own leadership.

Lead well!

Steve

October 11, 2022 by Stephen T. Messenger I’m the assistant coach of a 13 year-old soccer team, and the first things we do every practice are stretch and run a lap around the field. I noticed an interesting phenomenon on day one. The players didn’t run the full field and cut the corners by aContinue reading “Don’t Cut Corners: In Soccer… Or in Life”

Good morning, Leaders!

As I look across my—or any—organization, there are so many talented, hard-working individuals. One of our jobs is to understand what talents each person brings to the team, and how to engage and interact with them appropriately.

This week we explore the Nine-Box Matrix. This tool allows leaders to assess talent based on current performance and future potential and engage employees appropriately.

I hope this helps you think deeply about workforce development and how to develop and retain our talented workforces.

Lead well!

Steve