“What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire.” – title of a book of poetry by Charles Bukowski Having love (see previous post) and doing nothing about it isn’t leadership by anyone’s… Read more
Love Of What
Tragically, very few leaders and businesspeople take the time to reflect on why they care about anything they do; why they care about the decisions they make; why they care about their customers and employees;… Read more
Your Job/My Job
Your job as an Extreme Leader is to help create a culture so vibrant and healthy that when people wake up in the morning and think about the imminent workday, they won’t be overcome with… Read more
A Personal Vow for Challenging Times
I’ve always found it inspiring when couples renew their vows to each other. It’s their way of saying, after all we’ve been through together, you and I, we carve out this moment to remind each… Read more
The Finegan Leap: Where Hearts and Minds are Willing and Unselfish
David Pinter, a shining example of principal-as-Extreme-Leader, sends us this update on “the ever-deepening implementation of Leap, Edge, and GTY” within his school, Joseph Finegan Elementary, in Atlantic Beach, Florida: “While roughly one fourth of… Read more
“They”
Richard Branson, Virgin Group founder and figure head, has a lot to say about the near-ubiquitous word, “they,” and its nasty implications for business. “A company where the staff consistently overuses the word ‘they,’” he… Read more
Our Morning With Distinguished School Principals
Last week, my friends at the Orange County Department of Education hosted our inaugural Extreme Leadership in Education event at their facility in Costa Mesa, California. (Read my previous post about it here). It was… Read more
Leaping With a New Leg
Mike McDonough (Otis, as he’s known to some) is one brave, audacious dude. He’s an assistant principal at Hilliard Darby High School in Hilliard, Ohio, which qualifies anyone for bravery in my book. But that’s… Read more
Exploring The Depths
This story from John Hopkins of Orphanage Outreach came to us today via the Greater Than Yourself website. It gave me goosebumps. May it do the same for you. Here’s John: My story starts with… Read more
Write Your Book; Get Paid Like This
If you’ve ever had an impulse to write and publish a book, I urge you to act on it. Not because of the money or visibility. But because of the feeling you’ll get when someone,… Read more
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