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Leading with Character: Another Voice of Inspiration Mahalo! I’m feeling gratitude for all of you who’ve made the choice to read my blog. And on...

I strive to be optimistic, which can be hard at times given the state of our world and here in America, the state of our civil society. Pessimism...

Leading with Character: Discipline Yields Excellence This past week I spent a couple of days at the United States Coast Guard Academy with my fellow...

Leading with Character: Conditioned or Complacent? Lately, I’ve been listening to “The Program Podcast” by Eric Kapitulik, a Marine Corps veteran...

Leading with Character: Putting Down Roots  When I lived in Arlington, VA, my daily walk took me past an enormous beech tree—probably about 100...

Leading with Character: Proud to Serve The Fourth of July—Independence Day—is rapidly approaching. Last weekend I hung patriotic bunting from my...

Leading with Character: Sustaining Wellness It’s an ever more complicated world, and that creates concern in the workplace and at home about how to...

Leading with Character: From a Distance Last week, in honor of Mother’s Day, I treated my mom to a ride in a helicopter. Not your usual Mother’s Day...

Leading with Character: Consistency is Key to Success I think you’re going to enjoy this blog, because it features a Coast Guard Academy cadet...

I’ve been writing about leadership for over three years now, since publishing my book on character-centered leadership: Breaking Ice & Breaking...