A crisis doesn’t change the need for quality communication, just the timing of it.

Only authentic leaders seek to improve their self-awareness, because the truth be told, under the surface none of us are really that great.

When leaders do not make time to learn and innovate, it is a sure sign they are failing.

The currency of authentic leadership is transparency.

Authentic leaders practice being a leader when it doesn’t matter.

The Great Resignation is a pressure release catalyst to align priorities with reality. What used to be is no longer enough.

Authentic leaders practice gratitude.

Successful leaders aren’t driven to exhaustion by their calendar or other’s whims and needs.

Unless there is practical self-sacrifice for the good of those for whom we are responsible, we are not leaders.

Most do not appreciate the fact that real greatness can dispense with outward show.

Perfection murders progress, learning, and most devastatingly, leadership.

Authentic leaders do not seek failures, but expect them.

Authentic leaders work to become self-aware of their faults and then fill positions on their team with those who can compensate.

Authentic leaders make a lot of mistakes. Not intentionally, of course, but they do. Because they try. And then they learn.

An authentic leader realizes their worth outside of position.

An authentic leader, instead of striving for the supremacy, will seek an understanding heart, to discern between right and wrong.

Greatness never comes from one person doing all the work. Ever.

We must individually realize the deleterious effect of looking to other’s opinions to establish our worth.

Authentic leaders take on the attitude of a learner instead of considering it their duty to order, dictate, and command.

When leaders fail to consistently uphold standards, employees lose motivation to engage.