Posts Tagged ‘uncertainty’
Strategic Effort Prevents Exhaustion: Robbins and Hudson River Lessons
I once worked eighty-hour weeks for an entire quarter and finished with less business than when I started. A mindful strategy for sustainable performance A mindful strategy for sustainable performance That sentence still stings to write. In my enterprise sales career, I was young and grinding through the ADP years. I had convinced myself that…
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From Miracle to Complaint: A Lesson in Gratitude
Ten minutes. That’s how long it took for a miracle to become a complaint. I was on one of the first commercial flights to offer transatlantic wifi. Think about that for a second. For the entire history of flight, once those doors closed, you were gone. No calls, no emails, no way for the world…
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Why Frameworks Fail: The Miracle on the Hudson Lesson on Business Momentum
Most leaders I meet have done the work. They built the plan. They have the framework. They know the steps. And they’re still stuck. Here’s why. A foundation is not momentum.A framework is not fuel.Structure without energy is just an expensive place to park the plane. You can have the systems.You can have the playbook.You…
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Why a Strong Foundation Still Fails Without Fuel
Most leaders I meet have done the work. They built the plan. They have the framework. They know the steps. And they’re stuck. Here’s why. A foundation is not momentum. A framework is not fuel. Structure without energy is just an expensive place to park the plane. I learned this at 3,000 feet above the…
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Beyond the Parka: How Canada Goose Lost Its Altitude
In this corporate case study, I review Canada Goose’s retail strategy and the Resilience Framework Needed to Navigate Sudden Market Disruption. There are moments in business when the issue before a leader looks financial, but the real test is leadership. That is where Dani Reiss, Chairman and CEO of Canada Goose, appears to be right now. Canada…
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What Lululemon’s New CEO can Learn from The Hudson River
When everything around you is uncertain, the worst thing a leader can do is react before they assess. Lululemon just named Heidi O’Neill as its new CEO. She steps into the role on September 8th. She is inheriting a brand that was once untouchable, a community-driven, premium powerhouse that turned yoga pants into a cultural…
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The Best Next Move for Spirit Airlines Employees
I want to speak directly to the men and women of Spirit Airlines. On May 2nd, at 3 a.m., the doors closed. The flights stopped. Health insurance is gone. Benefits disappeared. And for many of you, careers that spanned decades ended without warning. For people like Cindy Williams, a 27-year flight attendant who said…
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Moments Don’t Just Happen—They’re Constructed. Here’s How to Build Yours!
Most people live life in the rearview mirror, collecting memories like dust on a shelf. But the leaders who change the world? They are the architects of the present. Most people let life happen to them. They collect moments the way you collect receipts — stuffed in a drawer, unexamined, forgotten. They experience things. They…
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The Truth About Culture: Actions Speak Louder Than Mission Statements
I’ve spent a lot of time in boardrooms where values are framed on the wall. They look good.They sound right.They check a box. And then the meeting starts. Deadlines slip.Hard conversations get avoided.Decisions stall.People protect themselves instead of the mission. That’s when I know the truth. A value is not a belief.A value is a…
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Unshakable Leadership: Building Resilient Teams- Train Now. Decide Now.
When the plane hit the water, everything changed in a second. Noise. Cold. Uncertainty. No script. No backup plan. Just people making decisions that mattered. That day never left me. It shaped how I see leadership. It shaped how I live. And it is the reason I am writing my next book: When It Hits…
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