Leadership

My sister Ashley worked with me at Free Form Fitness for 7 years. It was one of the greatest parts of my journey. I miss the pure candor. Being able to both speak our minds without personal judgement like…

Years ago, I was having leadership issues in my company. I had opened a second location. And for the first time my team was divided in two different locations leaving me with less control. I was losing great people…

      The ability to delegate is one of the most important abilities of a leader. Without it, leaders get stuck doing everything but leading – which isn’t good for anyone in the company. But before you delegate…

People who exercise to get fit existed long before Crossfit came along. Crossfit just chose to lead them. People who do yoga existed long before Lulu Lemon came along. Lulu Lemon just chose to lead them. People who exercise…

John Gatto went in search of the original business plan of the modern schooling we have today. Which led him to The principles of secondary education by Alexander James Inglis in 1918. The reading is quite dry, so here…

Years ago I was having trouble leading my team. My company was growing fast and I felt like we were losing that energy we once had. I read a bunch of management books for solutions which led me to…

I met a guy at my event today. He owns a dessert shop. He was telling me that when he first opened his place he hired his first employee and it was the first time he ever had to…

Two weeks ago I was having lunch with Daniel Weinand, one of the founders of Shopify. Though Daniel has always told me how great their work culture was. Seeing it in action was something else. I walked into a…

Improving is internal. It’s about the now. It’s about being more efficient in the way you currently operate. It’s about self-discipline and clarity of direction. Innovating is about the external. It’s about the future. It’s about being flexible and…

4 year old Alex couldn’t have raised millions of dollars with one lemonade stand. She needed to capture people’s hearts. Many people think that leadership is about titles or positions in a company but leadership is about one person’s…

I can remember that feeling like it was yesterday. A bunch of guys all sitting in the dressing room waiting to get in the game. The coach would walk in and say: “listen up!” The room would turn silent…

It’s that simple. We used to shake hands and it meant something. It meant that we can trust each other. We had integrity. And our reputation was based on it. But so many people have no integrity these days.…

1. Find your purpose first. What are you trying to change? Why do you exist? 2. Communicate a clear and powerful mission. What’s the goal? 3. Learn what motivates each individual. 4. Make a personal connection. 5. Praise, recognize…

I took a long walk with a friend a few weeks ago. She owns a yoga studio and wants to start promoting herself online. She had a lot of questions about how she should go about it. Whether she…