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Preparing New Leaders to Inspire Their Teams
August 15, 2023
If you’re like me, you’ve wondered about this. Companies identify young people with promise and look for ways to promote them. The goal usually is to support their growth and also to not lose them to greener pastures. As they move up the ladder, their

The Inspiration Pathway
June 28, 2023
If your journey’s been anything like mine, you’ve heard plenty of leadership advice. First my career and then my business have taught me a lot about leadership, starting with the nuts and bolts of making a strategy (creating products and services that our customer’s value)

What Defines You: The Hero or the Shadow? (Part II)
June 1, 2023
When I go to the movies, I notice that there always seems to be a fine line between good and evil in those stories that captivates me. The Marvel superhero-villain movie franchise has been hugely successful, and I think it’s at least partly because of

Cultivating Infectious Energy: The Key to Personal and Professional Success
May 19, 2023
In the latest episode of Crestcom’s Leadership Habit podcast, host Jenn DeWall invites Keith to delve into cultivating infectious energy. They share their enthusiasm for the concept and explore its profound impact on relationships, leadership, and personal development.

What Defines You: The Hero or the Shadow? (Part I)
May 4, 2023
You may be like me, where you serve many roles or titles in your career and life, but underneath titles, who you are is much deeper than the roles you serve. For me, it took a crucible moment – divorce, as it does many –

Setting a Better Course for Yourself
February 23, 2023
In my experience, February is usually the month where people run into the wall of reality in their efforts to make changes in the new year. It may seem like a painful question to consider, but do you know why you’ve failed so far? Obviously,

Be a Strengths Finder
January 11, 2023
A defining event early in my career was the day a manager said he saw leadership potential in me. He was willing to invest in me because of that, which gave me a huge amount of confidence. That confidence, in turn, allowed me to see

Closing Loops and Overcoming Procrastination
November 18, 2022
I‘m not sure if you are like me, but I recently reflected on the personal impact of breaking promises to myself. You know, the ones where no one else knows but yourself. ‘Hey – I didn’t commit this to anyone else, it’s not hurting anything

Getting Personal with Customers: You Can’t Create Trust without Connection
September 7, 2022
Just curious… have you ever heard the advice from a boss to leave your problems at home? I have and if you are like me, I became the king of compartmentalizing. We tend to separate business and personal, keeping home life in a different compartment