Gratitude
The box on our porch was so big I needed to have help bringing it in the house. Excited and surprised, we wondered what it could be. As our family tore into the paper filling we unveiled the yummiest, tastiest, most thoughtful gift we could imagine: Scones, Muffins, Jams & Jellies, Honey & Flavored Butter, […]
When Billy Joel Didn’t Play The Piano Man
We’ve all been there: In the audience when a promise was made and then blatantly broken to us. The Boss who lured you to the new job with promise of promotion and more free time, only to see your climb up the ladder stopped as the workload fills your days off; The Contractor you hired […]
The Break Dancing Maintenance Technician Promise
Recently I spoke in New Orleans to a wonderful group who had partied hard the night before I gave the Closing Keynote Speech. Although tired, they were still a very fun group and energized. Everyone was talking about their peer who had revealed his incredible moves and “Break Dancing” at their evening party. They […]
The Promise to The Family
I’ll never forget the moment I realized I was the ultimate hypocrite. On a Daddy-Son Day with my then 3-year old boy, Romney, as I posted a photo on Facebook of us having a great time on our first outing just he and I, it occurred to me the very thought: This is what […]
Clarify – Recognize Greatness on the Work Family
Clarify – the 2nd step of the Signature Moves Process. IDENTIFY CLARIFY MAGNIFY How do we help others discover and clarify their contribution to the team? We tell them as often as possible. We congratulate them on a job well done. We acknowledge greatness every chance we get. The Work Family is a […]
The Officer and the Car Seat
Tell me you’ve heard this one before: Officer pulls over driver. Driver claims innocence and challenges of life. Officer sees little children in the backseat without car seats. Officer has sympathy as a father himself, takes driver and family to store to buy car seats with his own money, installs them himself, ensuring the safety […]
The Elvis Example
Recently I had a client asking me to return and deliver The Promise with one big change: They needed all new stories, examples and musical impressions…while still wanting the messaging of The Promise as we’d done the year prior. Thrilled, and equally terrified, I went to work on creating a new experience for this […]
The Promise of Change
“I’m looking to buy a Subaru Outback“, I told the salesman, “and I have a trade-in.” He looked me up and down, “What kind of trade-in you got?” “It’s an Escalade EXT, 26″ rims, black, I’ve washed it with a diaper daily for the past few years, it’s essentially brand new, beautiful, and will […]
The Fan Experience
Sitting down to lunch a few blocks from the venue where I had just finished my stage performance for thousands in attendance, I basked in the glory of another standing ovation moment. Right as I bit into my sandwich a large group of lanyard wearing attendees from the event where I had just […]
Private Jet Flight to Deliver the Climate Change Talk
“We’ve been talking about saving the Amazon for 30 years, and we’re still talking about it!” ~ Harrison Ford Yes, THE actor Harrison Ford of Han Solo/Indiana Jones/The Fugitive fame, delivered that passionate line in his speech at the UN Climate Action Summit last week in New York about saving the environment…and then promptly hopped […]