I gave a Grounded Workshop to a strategy class at Valdosta State University. This class is a required course for all Business School seniors. It is an inter-disciplinary with students majoring in accounting, economics, business, finance, and marketing all mixed in together. The professor is Dr. Jon Krispin. Jon is a good friend; we go […]
Monthly Archives: April 2016
The Power of Books
The other day, I was at a large payments conference in Phoenix Arizona. This conference was put on by NACHA and is attended by the executive management of all of the countries regional payments associations. I had recently delivered a keynote address for WACHA, one of the regional associations, based in Wisconsin, and I had […]
A Grounded Moment at the Hotel
I was speaking today at the Marriott Madison West in Madison Wisconsin. My keynote was to end at 4:45, but I was anticipating that it might start late and thus end late. I had another keynote the next day and needed to make a 6:45 flight at the airport. So in advance, I checked […]
Staying Grounded Signing Grounded
My new book, Grounded, was published on Friday April 1, 2016. No joke. On April 5, 2016, I did a keynote on Grounded for 325 attendees in Madison for the Wisconsin ACH Association (WACHA). This event was booked months ago, but, as it turned out, this was the first keynote when the book was published. Somehow, […]
Empowering Self Service
This month, I will join the board of directors of Citizens Community Bank located in Valdosta Georgia. I am triumphal that they would consider me an asset, and I am ready to roll up my sleeves and help this mid-sized community bank prosper in the coming years. One of the biggest issues they face is […]
Can Two Wrongs Make a Right?
I know a bit about sailboats. Powerboats? Not so much. I own a 23’ Proline center console, fishing boat, which I keep at a marina in the panhandle of Florida. I recently decided to move the boat from one marina to another one about 75 miles away but closer to our home in South Georgia. […]
Being Secure with your Surroundings
I recently wrapped up a 6-week engagement as an expert witness in a software misappropriation case in Wichita Kansas. Despite spending six weeks in a hotel out of town (I think I will contact the Wichita Chamber of Commerce and offer to run a PSA for them …), it was an interesting engagement. One thing […]
On Being Grounded Positively
How can we be “Grounded” in a positive way? When I talk about being “Grounded” in the positive sense, I mean exhibiting those traits that keep us mentally and emotionally stable, admirably sensible, realistic, and unpretentious. We are not born “Grounded.” Over our lifetime, we are either surrounded by people (i.e., parents, teachers, coaches, mentors […]
Brainstorming: How to Respond, Not React
I was recently reading about Seal Training Tips (check out SEAL SURVIVAL GUIDE: A Navy SEAL’s Secrets to Surviving Any Disaster – Gallery Books by author Cade Courtley). One of the techniques they teach SEALs is to think through scenarios that might occur and then process through what their response would be in that situation. For […]
Navy SEALs on Leadership: The Importance of Being Grounded
Recently, I viewed an extremely powerful video on Facebook showing two Navy SEAL veterans talking about what limiting factors determine whether an individual is a good leader or not. The video is a little over two minutes long, check it out here: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sqr-Ksn8Lg&w=640&h=360] So what do these longtime SEALs say about what qualities […]