The Practionable Leader

Practical, Actionable Strategies to Cultivate Your Inner Leader for Outer Impact

PLN 45: Self-Leadership Under Pressure: How to Protect Your Judgment

Time to Read: 4 mins I’m the first to admit I’m obsessed with self-leadership. But it’s for good reason! I spent decades looking for a proven framework to help me step into the life I wanted and become the leader I aspired to be. Self-leadership was that solution. But my experience with it is no...

Sep 09, 2026

PLN 44: The One Thing a Leader Should Never Delegate to AI

Time to Read: 4 mins I'm not against AI. Not at all. I use it on the daily for different tasks. But I'm seeing more and more instances of leaders outsourcing their judgment along with their tasks, and it's creating real business and leadership challenges. A colleague of mine, "James," spent the...

Sep 02, 2026

PLN 43: The Feedback Habit That Builds Team Trust

Time to Read: 4 mins When "Feedback" showed up on the training agenda, the leadership team made some assumptions about what our session would cover. They couldn't have been more wrong. 😆 A bit of context first… A CEO reached out about leader development for his team. They had hit a plateau, grow...

Aug 26, 2026

PLN 42: How to Live Your Values as a Leader

Time to Read: 4 mins Family! That was the first word out of “Marcus’s” mouth when we sat down to explore his values. He didn't even have to think about it. It was the value he talked about during leadership meetings, the first value listed on his company's mission page, and the thing he'd tell y...

Aug 19, 2026

PLN 41: How to Find Your Best Thinking Time as a Leader

Time to Read: 4 mins Getting exercise in Vegas, in the heat of the summer, either has to happen early in the morning or indoors. I love nature, so here I am, at 5 am, on the trail before the desert heat gets hostile. No notifications (thank you, “Do-Not-Disturb” mode). No open tabs. No inbox vy...

Aug 12, 2026

PLN 40: Self-Leadership in the Age of AI: Why the Inner Work Still Matters Most

Time to Read: 4 mins I was recently at a leadership event, and I did the thing we all pretend we don’t do. I eavesdropped. (Shhhh… don’t tell anyone.) 🤫 I was listening to a group of senior leaders who were deeply immersed in an AI conversation. And I was fascinated! They were talking about whic...

Aug 05, 2026

PLN 39: Content vs. Context: How the Best Leaders Listen

Time to Read: 4 mins A client of mine had an awkward and tense conversation with one of their employees. 😬 As is often the case with these types of situations, it was actually the thing below the thing that was getting in the way. You see, my client left the conversation certain that they knew e...

Jul 30, 2026

PLN 38: The drift nobody warns you about

Time to Read: 5 mins I once worked with a leader we'll call "Rob." Rob started with nothing but an idea and tons of grit. Over the decades, he grew his idea into a profitable and highly respected company. It was a place where talented people lined up to work, and competitors clamored for his tra...

Jul 22, 2026

PLN 37: Didier Deschamps: Self-Leadership at Work

Time to Read: 4 mins I’ve been loosely following the World Cup. ⚽️ I say “loosely” because I often start watching a match and then suddenly find myself falling down a curiosity-fueled rabbit hole, researching the lives and backgrounds of various coaches and players. Yesterday, it was Didier Desc...

Jul 15, 2026

PLN 36: You can't manage your way out of this one

Time to Read: 4 mins My client was trying to tighten a screw with a ball-peen hammer. 🧰 Okay, not literally. But that's the metaphor I offered during our session, and it shifted their thinking, so I wanted to share it here with you. Now, for context, we're talking about someone who is really goo...

Jul 08, 2026

PLN 35: The right call, made the wrong way

Time to Read: 3 mins A client of mine recently fired their most tenured employee. This person was essentially their right-hand. They’d been there since day one and, to be honest, probably understood the day-to-day operations better than my client did. For context, my client is amazing. ✨ They’re...

Jun 24, 2026

PLN 34: The hidden costs of having all the answers

Time to Read: 5 mins One of the most limiting beliefs in leadership sounds incredibly reasonable… Leaders should have the answers. At first glance, this seems obvious. After all, many leaders (myself included) were promoted because they had answers. They knew the product, or the process, or the ...

Jun 10, 2026

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