Find Your Legacy
It has been a beautiful spring …
It seems strange and uncomfortable to write that headline…. “It has been a beautiful spring…” The tone feels somehow “off” as we are surrounded by a world fighting a virus with no known cure. The headlines this morning literally are bombarding us all with messages of “red states escalating the push to open”, and “white […]
Leadership with a Growth Mindset: Reconsidered
Here as we close out April of 2020, it’s hard to even reflect on a time that the Covid-19 crisis wasn’t the center of all issues and concerns. While it seems hard to remember back to November or December of last year, when this virus was nothing more than an emerging news report from the distant […]
The foundation for a “steadfast ” leader
It was less than four weeks ago, 3/16/20, that I posted my last essay, ““Calm, Steady, & Clear-minded”…. A leadership model for challenging times.” The Covid Pandemic had reared its ugly head across the globe and had spread broadly across North America. I was still working from my office in Bakersfield, but was was realizing […]
“Calm, Steady, & Clear-minded”…. A leadership model for challenging times
Here we are in mid-march, 2020 and the entire globe is facing enormous challenges and unknown threats from the spreading Covid-19 virus. Governments, businesses, communities, families and individuals are struggling to come to grips with this crisis, and growth of confirmed cases and tragic deaths are growing dramatically. In this context we are watching some political leaders […]
Leadership based on personal values…. important and rare!
In this time of bombastic, hubris-filled leadership, I was impressed by a powerful demonstration of personal values as a foundation for an important leadership moment last week on the floor of the U.S. Senate. At the end of the impeachment trial, Senator Mitt Romney, (Rep. Utah) spoke powerfully in the senate chamber about his personal […]
2020… A year of action, not intentions!
At times it seems amazing to me to reflect that we are beginning the second decade of the 21st century! As a child of the 60’s ( yes, the 1960’s) and someone who started his business career in the mid-80’s, I feel VERY fortunate to begin 2020 fully engaged in a wonderful business, working with […]
“Steadfastness” at Sunrise
As we turn toward the Christmas holiday break, with so much to be thankful for and to appreciate in our lives, I want to take a moment today to reflect on a theme/idea that I have been focused on this week… the concept of “Steadfastness.” Steadfastness; noun, the quality of being resolutely or dutifully firm […]
“A Militant Commitment to the Basics”
Recently I had the pleasure to have one of my Bolthouse Farms leadership team partners ( and good friend) Zak spend some time with me in Atlanta! We have been “working our brains out” since well before we closed on buying back the company from Campbell’s last June and it was a real treat to […]
Your first loss is your best loss”
It’s been three months since we closed on the purchase of buying Bolthouse Farms back from Campbells and what a ride! The work has been beyond intense, the team dynamics inspiring on the whole to say the least, the short term business challenges have been extreme ( products of very poor business decision making by […]
“Alacrity”… a critical word and idea for leaders…
It has been eight weeks since we closed on the purchase of Bolthouse Farms, and what a wild ride it has been! The business is in rough shape and needs a lot of work. The organization is in flux, and has been through a lot over the past few years, and the team and our culture needs […]