You are getting bored at your job. Everyday feels like groundhog day. You worked hard to finish Q1, and then BAM!, another quarter starts up again and you are back at ground zero.  You start to wonder, ‘what is all this for?’ Over time this wears on you. I know it did me.  I was President of Sales for a national contractor and I was getting bored and started to have these same thoughts and wondering, ‘is there more to life?’ The pay was great, but it was not fulfilling.  My j

This blog originally appeared in the Faith Driven Entrepreneur website. One of the hardest things many of us experience is waiting for what is next.  For what’s to come. When will I get the promotion?  When will I get the job?  When will I get the new clients?  When will this business start to take off?  Why is it taking so long? Our wait can turn into anxiety, which then can turn into frustration, which can often turn into a slothfulness. Almost the thought of, ‘Fine, if it

This post may be for you if you are the provider for your family? Or are you an over-achiever? Maybe you are an Enneagram 3 like myself? If so, then this post may resonate with you during COVID-19. I have enjoyed most of these days being quarantined – but I recently had a bad couple days. The irony is I am not supposed to have down days since I make a living encouraging and challenging business leaders to grow – however it caught up to me over the weekend. With the coronav

Recently I had the opportunity to speak to a few different women’s groups to share concepts from ‘Win at Home First’. The talks went great, the Q&A was fun, and then inevitability someone asks some variation of, “how do I get my husband to do anything when they are home?” My internal response is frustration because passive men at home annoy me. However, if I am being honest I can fall into a trap of being more focused on my own needs when I am at home – the blog I need to w

Recently I was a guest on a women’s mastermind online coaching program for Cherylanne Skolnicki, to provide follow up Q&A to a ‘Win at Home First’ coaching session I did for them. We had a great discussion and hit on many topics from managing your energy throughout the day to giving your family the best and not just the rest. However, a topic with a lot of breakthrough was about engaging our spouses in discussions and decisions. The irony is, I have these exact same conversat

When I received the below email, I got fired up. I remember the conference they are referencing, as well as the talk. Matter of fact, the picture at the top of this blog is from that day. It was a great conference with a lot of positive feedback. So, this individual saw me speak in 2018, yet did not reach out to me for coaching until 2020! Granted it was not a full two years, more like 18 months, however, it was a long time. I had all kinds of thoughts running through my h

Below is an excerpt from my book, ‘Win at Home First’, that I have heard on more than one occasion was impactful to individuals and their marriage. Why am I reminded to share it? Because I did Jazzercise on Friday night with a bunch of married couples, which you can read about below!! The best way to build stability in your marriage is through friendship. When you hear people, who have been in a healthy marriage for thirty or more years, they often say the reason for their s

The other day I was invited to do a keynote to 50 Christian business leaders at their Friday morning session. Due to family logistics, Kaleb (my 7-year old son) had to go with me, so I woke him up at [5:40] AM in order to be on the road at 6 AM. Instead of sleeping on this early morning ride, Kaleb was awake and curious. He asked, ‘Dad, what are you going to talk to them about today?’ I didn’t know at what level to respond in case his interest faded quickly, so I kept it hig

Recently, I was discussing personal highlights from 2019 with some friends. One I had thought of, but never shared publicly, was in regard to my trip to Nicaragua with my daughter and a surprising benefit. As I was sharing, a woman said how helpful and timely this conversation was for her. It opened her eyes to her parenting and she thought could break some unhealthy habits and mindsets she had. I thought it may help some of you as well. My oldest daughter, Kiley, is an incr

The following is an excerpt from my book, ‘Win at Home First‘. As the Bible story goes in Matthew [14:22]–32, Peter started to walk on water, then he took his eyes off Jesus, lost a little bit of faith, and started to sink. We do the same thing. We build up enough confidence, courage, maybe even a little insanity, and go for it. We get out of the boat. We take the risk. Then we get nervous, forget about our dreams and passions, and instead think of the risks and naysayers, so

Christmas and New Years were incredible for my family. During the break, we celebrated in three different cities – Cincinnati, Kansas City (my side of the family), and West Plains, MO (Holly’s side). We even spent our first actual Christmas as just our family of 5 – it was even the first for Holly and me during our 20-year marriage! So an incredible and memorable time. However, I hit a low right around New Years Day. Did you? Maybe I was missing the adrenaline of work, or

This is the time of year we think strategically about next year – both at work and home. Next year budgeting, New Year’s resolutions, and the list goes on. However, in order to think about next year, we need to review this past year. In my experience, average leaders do not review their prior year. They assume the good events will ‘just keep on happening’. Pride creeps in as if they ‘have it figured out’. As, it t\hey etched it into their brain. As for bad things that ha

The following section is an excerpt from Chapter 20 of my book Win at Home First. This chapter was also discussed more in-depth on the ‘Dads Building Teams’ podcast, as it was a favorite part of the book for the host, Jeremy Pryor. Listen here. BE PRESENT—BOTH MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY I had the opportunity to interview some key business leaders as part of a leadership series for Venue magazine in Cincinnati. (Here are two of the articles from the series: first, second). One c

Two of the most impactful organizations in my life these last three years have been Five Capitals and The New Frontier. I am grateful for these organizations because they have made me a better husband, father, and leader. I want you to experience the same transformation. I am excited to announce, that in 2020, we are going to blend them for a unique coaching and consulting program. Just to clarify, they are still independent organizations, we are just blending some of their m

A few Sundays ago, Chuck Mingo, a pastor from our church, Crossroads, gave a great teaching on the verse ‘for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also‘ (Matthew [6:21]). Most often when that verse is unpacked it has to do with money versus God. The idea if we value clothes, new cars, fancy (or my new favorite word ‘boujee’) things, then in time that is where our heart will be. Our heart drives our mindset and motives. Instead of valuing temporary things, we n

The Five Capitals leadership team has done an incredible job building an Enneagram workshop for businesses. Just in the last couple of weeks, we have had the opportunity to help the Duracell North American Leadership Team (see LinkedIn post here), as well as the leadership team for Aruna, a non-profit that makes high-quality athleisure bags. (FYI – a great place to buy gifts for your loved ones this Christmas season…plus help an amazing cause.) Although Duracell and Aruna t

I recently received this amazing gift in the mail. It was an art piece (the red tandem bike in the picture) and I was shocked to see it was from a former client! Not only do I love the art piece, granted it is art gallery caliber, but more importantly the story behind it. You too will be inspired by this story as you consider how you can ‘pull your future forward’. How this story started. When we start a coaching engagement, we do a few exercises with our clients to assess w

Holy cow!!!! My book ‘Win at Home First’ was just in a Forbes article!!!! Forbes magazine’s article, ‘7 Books Everyone On Your Team Should Read’, included my book, ‘Win at Home First’!! Thanks to Rhett Power for writing the article. If you are on a team, then listen to Forbes magazine and be a good teammate and get the book for them! ? You can get the book here. Here is the link to the full article. The following is the excerpt from the article pertaining to ‘Win at Home Fi

Every once in awhile our kids say something that rocks our world. To be honest hurts a little. I am not talking about when they are mean or rude. I am talking about when they say something honest that turns a knife in our stomach. The other day after Kaleb’s soccer practice, as I was parking the car in front of our house, he said, ‘Dad, you were short on saying negative things about soccer practice.’ What???? What is he talking about??? I thought I was always encouraging

I know being a child of an executive coach is difficult. However, I also know just being a kid of any parent nowadays is tough. As parents, we are always teaching or correcting our kids to minimize their mistakes. We are always in teacher mode. Recently I was really convicted by this. My middle child, Kamdyn, is pretty good at gymnastics. However, I never did gymnastics so I don’t know any of the skills. Whereas most all other sports I can jump right in and know the rule