You Are Called to Lead

My Story

Too Long, I Failed to Take the Proper Action

My signature story starts out as the product of a single-parent home of humble means. I had little guidance in life, and the influence I soaked in wasn’t exactly great. I eventually got fired from high school and was told on my way out, “A kid like you will never amount to anything.”

It took a long time to stop going out of my way to prove him right. But even as I found myself excelling at employment as a workaholic, gaining rungs on the ladder, I still wasn’t leading. I was crushing. I was pushing and driving myself to success at all costs, and alienating just about everyone around me.

This became evident in the automotive industry as I drove the numbers. Push, push, push. But when the Customer Satisfaction Index scores came in, I wasn’t where I thought I should be. I did the normal thing and blamed those idiot customers and lazy co-workers. Heaven forbid it should be my fault!

This Led to an Internally Driven Pursuit of Leadership Training

I began to soak up books: Stephen Covey, John C. Maxwell, Joel Osteen, L. Ron Hubbard, the Bible, the Qur’an, Tony Robbins, Russell Brunson, and Pedro Adao. For business, I jumped into Kevin Cope and Jeffrey Gitomer. All of this study, and conversations with peers who study the topic, began to lead me down a different path. Soon I was writing the book Action Leadership From the Edge and focusing on a new perspective on leadership training.

Glad you could make it.