Welcome back to Lead Like Lasso. Our principle for this week is that if you define success only by winning, you're probably losing. Rebecca, the owner of the Premier Football Club has hired Ted, in hopes that he will fail as a manager and ruin the football club that her ex-husband loved above...

Welcome back to Lead Like Lasso. I got two things for you this week. First, if you can grow an amazing mustache, you might wanna consider that; that could help your leadership. I mean, where would Tom Selleck be without that amazing stash? And two, this is more obtainable for all of us, if we...

Good morning friends. I hope you're having a great day. My guess is your summer has gotten a little bit brighter because Ted Lasso is back. For those of you who don't know, Ted Lasso is a show about an American football coach that gets hired to coach a European premier football team. The premise...

I hate it when you appreciate me! Said no one ever.

If we want to cultivate an environment of development, we must appreciate our people. This is easier said than done because we are really good at taking people for granted!

In today’s post I share two practices that will help you better...

As the old adage goes, people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

That’s exactly right! If you want to cultivate an environment of development, you need to learn how to care for your people. Check out this video for two things you can begin doing today....

We can't legislate the development of our people but we can cultivate an environment that does!

Be on the lookout for opportunities to call your people up.

• Big project
• Key initiative
• New opportunity

Your people might not feel ready, but call them up to their next opportunity to develop.

You can't legislate the development of your people but you can create a culture that cultivates it.

Highlights

Change that brings renewal requires wisdom

Anyone can make a change but change that renews requires wisdom. Why? Because healthy leaders guide ourselves and others from the old reality to the new. This is what William Bridges calls leading transition in his book Managing Transition....

Sometimes our inner critic tells us we're a fake, fraud, or failure. This video offers three questions to help transform your inner critic into a coach.

Change is the one constant in life. Even as you read this, your body, your company, and the world around you are changing - some for the better and some for worse. To lead healthy lives and healthy organizations, we have to be capable of leading change. It’s a requirement.

For change to...

I love March Madness. The drama, the athletic feats, the emotion, the stories of how the teams got there--altogether it makes for wonderful entertainment! Common sacrifice is one of my favorite aspects, with teammates coming together and serving one another after training hard all year. The...