Develop Your People Anyway
The CFO's question is real. So is the CEO's answer. Twenty years on both sides of the training budget taught me which fear to respect.
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Leadership
On leading people, making decisions, and the work of running things.
17 posts
I Closed the Book Too Early
A few months ago I wrote LeBron off. Now the entire NBA is frozen, waiting on one 41-year-old to decide where he plays. That is what owning the narrative looks like, and why relevance is the only real leverage.
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You Don't Have to Be an Asshole to Be a Good Leader
We looked at the cruel ones who won and decided the cruelty was the reason. It never was.
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You Can't Communicate Well If You're Unsure of Yourself
Before you open your mouth, figure out where the other person is coming from.
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"I'm Okay" Is Not an Answer
Why the best managers keep asking, especially in the Philippines.
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Fake It Till You Make It Has a Ceiling
The advice buys you time to build something real. The trouble starts when the building never happens, and you take other people down with you.
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You're Only As Good As Your Last Performance
Companies inherit their character and coast on it. People get judged on the last thing they did. The only reputation you really own is the one you carry between them.
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"We're Like Family Here"
We imported America's idea that your job is your identity and the company is your family. It was a lie. We already had the real thing.
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That's Not a Badge of Honor
We turned long hours into something to brag about. That's the part of the old work ethic worth dropping.
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You Were Hired to Decide
I worked with a business unit head at Nestlé who had this habit. Every presentation, he’d ask for revisions. …
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Clarity Is the Job
A cluttered mind at the top leads to a cluttered organization at every level.
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The Altman Problem: What One CEO’s Very Public Collapse Teaches All of Us
Sam Altman is becoming the next Zuckerberg — and the lesson isn't just for tech executives.
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Work Shouldn't Just Be Work: Why Creative Autonomy Builds Better Brands and Better Teams
On Gen Z talent, micro-decisions, and why the leaders who trust their people are building something genuinely hard to compete with
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Not All Opinions Matter, and That's the Point — A Leadership Perspective
On social listening, signal vs. noise, and what separates good leaders from great ones
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On Asking "How Are You?" — What Psychological Safety Actually Looks Like at Work
Why care, context, and psychological safety are not soft skills—but foundational ones.
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What Leaders Are Actually Paid For
On setting direction, making decisions with imperfect information, and why coaching is the highest form of leadership
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Working with Intention: Why Every Presentation, Slide, and Decision Needs a Direction
On purposeful communication, storytelling with data, and why facts alone rarely move people
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