An Expanding Horizon

A few months ago, I was visiting a friend in San Francisco and took a morning to hike around the Presidio. The Presidio of San Francisco surrounds the southern portion of the Golden Gate Bridge (shown in the picture above) and has some of the most beautiful vistas I’ve ever experienced. When you ...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a pause at the top of my golf swing. For my non-golfer readers, every person’s golf swing is a little different, kind of like a fingerprint. It reflects their natural state of being, to a certain extent a golf swing reflects who they are as a person. How ...

A few weeks ago I was meeting with an individual wanting to learn more about the humble inquiry method of helping others. This conversation gave me the opportunity to listen deeply to her interest in how this approach can be helpful in supporting a founder’s journey in transition and succession. We ...

The title of this blog may seem a little odd. Pause and take a moment to think about it. The heartbeat of those around you. Take a moment to hear your heartbeat. To feel your heartbeat. Now, can you sense the heartbeat of someone next to you? I believe you can. Heartbeats matter. Last month my wife ...

You may be familiar with the four quadrants of Johari’s window. The graphic below identifies them with helpful descriptions. Knowing our unknown selves is all about learning more and more about yourself that you and other’s do not yet know. It is unknown to you and unknown to them. Your unknown ...

Hurdles As leaders there are hurdles that we have to jump over. Sometimes hurdles are put in front of us by others. Sometimes the hurdle is just there and presents itself. And sometimes we put the hurdle in front of ourselves! Three types of hurdles: Put there by ourselves: such as “I can’t believe ...

Reimagining your future Last month my wife and I ventured to our local zoo for an evening out. It has been more than a decade since I’d last been to the John Ball Zoo (undoubtedly with our children when they were much younger) and never after 10 pm! As you notice in these pictures, the zoo was ...

My gift to readers of A Cause Greater. Dear friends, over the last seven months, we’ve been on an adventure to discover your next steps in developing as a leader. We have been seeing through the visible elements of ourselves into those components of our leadership that are invisible. In doing so, ...