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The Ripple Definition Of Leadership I often ask, “What is leadership” for your company? I speak to companies of all sizes to help them define and develop what leadership really means [...]

The kid’s name was Benjie. He was a slightly overweight rambunctious 10 year old. And the summer counselors clearly hated him. When I was assigned to teach tennis to these kids as part of [...]

I recently had the pleasure of speaking at a leadership event for a large association. Though the woman who hired me to present had seen me speak years ago. We had stayed in touch despite her [...]

My good friend Julie Truesdell aka@TruesdellClass sent me the following Facebook message after last Sunday night’s NFL game: I have the very best Rippler friends in the world to send me [...]

Leader: “So that’s the way I see it. Any questions?” People: “Nope. Sounds good boss!” Leader: “You sure? I really want to hear if anyone has any concerns or [...]

Ripple Revisit – Post originally posted on 7/20/11. Chief Acevedo is still our Police Chief in Austin and is doing a fantastic job and is still a very visible leader.  VISIBLE LEADERSHIP [...]

Let’s talk about corporate culture. I recently had a conversation with a partner of a CPA firm. She attended a public training I was giving on Building a Better Network. As I presented, I [...]