ALC - IOL

Leading Through Change      

In March of 2020, I boarded a plane to Florida, six months pregnant and toting two toddlers. We were going to see my parents and spend a couple...

Practicing Resilience in the Face of Trials

Due to unfortunate genetics (mine), my eight-year-old son has been required to wear a very conspicuous orthodontic device...

When we talk about good leaders in history we often think about glory. We think about their accomplishments, their strengths, and their greatness. We think about their...

This weekend I had the opportunity to be part of my wife’s family reunion. The South came to Wisconsin for a wonderful weekend of food, fellowship, and paintball. Yep!...

Lets be real.

No filters.

No BS.

Three Poor Leadership Traits that I have done and really messed up:

Lack of emotional intelligence

Strong passiveness

Being too...

Last Friday, I was able to attend a leadership conference with several of my leaders. We were able to hear several speakers focus on leadership and how to inspire our...

The past few months, I have launched a new series called “Leadership Exposed” on our podcast. This idea was born as Steve Scherer and I were thinking about new ways to...

How do you respond when someone disagrees with you? We all have different personalities, so responses can vary from each other. My team and I have been taught in the...

Imagine this situation, a meeting is called to discuss goals for the next quarter. The meeting is scheduled to start at 9am in the main conference room. The first...

How many times have you been in meetings where you show up because your name was on the invite but you have no idea what the meeting was going to be about? More than I...