Tim Cummuta

I met and hired my future boss while attending a regional corporate kick-off for a company I was employed at in 2013. One of the keynote speakers talked about something I had never heard from a podium previously. He talked about another individual at the function that he had hired

Read More

Greg Martin

Mentoring student leaders is part of my responsibility to develop future leaders. Peter Block is quoted as saying, “We get the leaders we create.” This could be in your workplace, community, school, or even your home. Developing leaders is not something that should be taken lightly, nor is it something

Read More

Dr. Terry Jackson

Occasionally, there is a new leadership skills concept introduced that almost seems too simple and powerful to be true. Visioning is one of those leadership skills concepts. Except it does work! Visioning is a system-thinking leadership approach that enables and empowers leaders to make better decisions, solve problems and improve

Read More

Mark Hampton

Future leaders, leadership is changing right before our very eyes. Those who are able to connect the dots to a more demographically diverse core group of people will emerge as the top leaders in all areas of American life. It is really an issue of our ability not to accept

Read More

Amit Kumar

Gurus around the world suggest living in the moment and not thinking too much about the future. However, when it comes to having a career, keeping an eye on the future is helpful. If typewriter experts predicted the growth of computers, they would have updated their skill set and would not be

Read More

Ron Whitaker

Businesses have changed a great deal over the years, with previous structures and conventions often discarded for new and better approaches. In leadership, the business person of today is usually quite different from the authoritarian of the past. Still, some of the most recent advances in leadership skills and leadership

Read More

Greg Martin

On December 12, ten middle school leadership students and I assisted in a community service event to help those in need over the holidays. The community event was Operation Holiday, which Inter-Faith Ministries, a non-profit organization, sponsors. According to the organization’s web page, “Operation Holiday serves seniors, individuals, and families

Read More

Ron Whitaker

THE ULTIMATE LEADER SYSTEM IS TRUSTED BY HIGH PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATIONS The hidden cost of inconsistent leadership The hidden cost of inconsistent leadership shows up in how work actually moves through the organization: 1. Slower ExecutionDecisions stall. Work hesitates. Progress slows. 2. Rework and RedundancyWork is revisited, corrected, and repeated. 3.

Read More

Ron Whitaker

Leadership isn't a talent. It's a System. One Clear Direction. Extraordinary Results. When every leader follows the same proven leadership system, the entire organization moves in the same direction. The Ultimate Leader On-site Retreat provides your leadership team with a shared framework that creates lasting alignment, stronger execution, and measurable

Read More

Ron Whitaker

Recognizing the symptoms of ineffective leadership Most managers are never actually taught how to lead people. They’re promoted because of their technical expertise, work ethic, or ability to solve problems — but when challenges arise, many managers default to doing instead of leading. They avoid difficult conversations, struggle to communicate expectations

Read More