How Do You Lead People Who Know More Than You?
It's easy to lead when you're the smartest person in the room. It's a different skill entirely when someone on your team knows more than you do.
I Thought the Job Was to Grow the Business. It Wasn't.
Since I was 15, I lived by one rule: the business comes first. It took me years to realize I had the actual job backwards — and what changed once I saw it clearly.
One Goal, Eighty Employees
I ran a team of 80 people and never stopped bagging orders myself. Here's why staying in the work — not just managing it — was the thing that actually built trust with my team, and the two shifts that changed how they showed up.
The Rich Young Man Who Almost Had It All
There's an old story about a man who had checked every box — until one ask revealed what he actually valued. It's stuck with me for years, and it's changed how I look at my own decisions as a leader. Here's the test I now run before I call something a value.