Intro to EQ: Either we will learn to manage our emotions, our they will manage us.

Talent & Character: What makes a great leader? It’s going to take more than talent.

Warmth & Competence: First impressions matter more than you may think.

Instinct & Experience: The perfect combination is seasoned expertise with fresh instinct.

Redefining Greatness: Our cultural biases blind us to what true greatness looks like.

The Generative Leader: Moving from generic to generative will require some heavy processing.

From Proving Yourself to Improving Yourself: The start of change for your culture. 

IQ, DQ, & EQ: What’s it like to be on the other side of your leadership? 

Active & Reflective: The two mindsets of leadership require both assessment and advancement.

Modern Elders: Not just wisdom keepers of the past, but wisdom seekers of the future.

False Proxies: Some things are hard to measure, so we overstate the significance of the things we can.

Developing a Pipeline: Great leaders don’t amass followers; they create more leaders.

Bathymetry: How the invisible depths shape the visible surface.

The Better Path: Responding in responsibility will always trump the spiral of reaction.

Healing is Hard: Nobody said it was easy, but no one ever said it would be this hard.

Patience and Process: How a few dozen dominoes can topple a tower.

Gravity & Chemistry: What makes you magnetic? A balance of polarities.

Emotional Predictability: Where Brené Brown made a mess of things.

Hinge Moments: Our high points and hard times of our life help forge our passion.

Overcoming Perfectionism and Procrastination: Embrace the iterative process.

Transparency & Vulnerability: The difference between letting someone see into your life vs. speak into your life.

The 5 Capitals: Finances matter, but they matter the least when it comes to evaluating where to invest your life.

Building Trust: Any relationship brings risk, and broken trust will undermine any future progress.

Inspiring & Empowering: Why invitation and challenge are both key to a healthy culture.

Caught or Taught: Why osmosis is still the best way to get something new inside yourself.

Innovation & Adoption: Why do some new innovations stick, and others don’t? 

Managing Expectations: How many of our disappointments could’ve been avoided with better expectations.

Purview and Preferences: None of us are as good as all of us.

The “i” in team: What you don’t want to be on a team.

Collective Creativity: The best you will ever offer will be in a culture that celebrates you.

Alignment & Hypersensitivity: In a healthy body, hurt still hurts. But it’s manageable. 

Prioritize the Other: You will learn the most from people who don’t think, look, or act like you.

Modern Elders: Not just wisdom keepers of the past, but wisdom seekers of the future.

Survival of the Friendliest: What we can learn from the hidden life of trees.

Healthy Conflict: A culture that knows how to deal with conflict healthily will have limitless potential.

The 5 questions: How to begin discovering your values.

Abundantly More: Rethinking what we assume is possible.

The 1-4-1-4: How to keep the end in mind with short term planning.

The Gym: The barbell works every time.

Unlimited Good: Character and Competency.

The Development Square: How to actually share your magic.

The bullseye: Discipline, Desire, Delight.

The EQ Matrix: How to avoid getting hijacked in leadership.

RMS: How using the Radical Minimum Standard can trigger growth in your culture.

The Vehicle: Why Vision, Relationships, Management and Programs need to buckle up.

The Kairos Circle: Not all moments are created equal; some are pregnant with possibility.

Ebb & Flow: The Semicircle of seasonality.

Receiving Criticism: The more you want to push back, the more you need to lean in.

Inquiry: Open upstream communication to reduce the status gap & bolster safety.

Outside Input: What others see in you that you don’t see in yourself.

6 Word Story: Because clarity is key.