Tag: leadership coach
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Want to Be a Great Leader? Train Your Glutes!
Your gluteus maximus (or more commonly known as your butt) is the largest and strongest muscle in your body. In our active valley of skiing, hiking, biking, running and everything else under the sun, this little fact matters. Why? If you are a runner, for example, you’ve probably suffered from one of the following maladies…
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What Will You See When Your Life Flashes Before Your Eyes?
I heard the noise, “Bam!”, and I knew exactly what happened. As the ladder disintegrated under me, I began my fall 30ft to what was surely my death. I was to either fall in the water and be sucked under and into the screws of the one-hundred-foot cargo ship I was climbing at sea or…
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Stop Labeling ‘Gen Z’ers’ and Start Leading Them
It seems like it was just yesterday the workforce was lamenting about millennials. They don’t work hard, they are selfish, they are spoiled, etc. Millennials can take a breath and relax because Generation Z has now taken up the mantle of the lazy, spoiled and selfish generation. I am a Gen Xer and I remember…
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Want to Be a Great Leader? Act Like a Rock Climber
It’s that time of year when all the crazies (meant with the greatest respect!) pull out their gear and hit the walls of rock most of us just spend time admiring. Our local rock climbers also admire the beauty of the rock wall, but then they attack it. It’s easy to admire the grace, athleticism…
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Finding Your Edge
Two hundred young men were gathered and ready to start the journey of a lifetime, Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training, aka “BUD/S,” in Coronado, California. Six months of training boasting a 70% attrition rate. You read that correctly. Seven out of 10 who attempt the training quit. Even with the competitive nature of military units in…
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Quietly Leading the Way
“Errol, I pay a guy with a quarter of your credentials a boat load of money to get his thoughts on leadership,” said a friend of mine when I told him I had become frustrated with the FBI’s culture but felt I couldn’t leave because it was too late to start a new career at…
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Stay Calm and Lose the White Belt
As I was “rolling” with my Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor, Ernest Mendez of Aspen MMA, it was a reminder of the power and necessity of humility. Ernest is a decorated black belt and fantastic instructor. As he effortlessly rolled me onto my back from my previously dominant position, I held on for dear life. His instruction was…
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Midvalley yoga vs. Navy SEAL training / Colorado living
Navy SEAL training (aks Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL, aka BUD/S) is widely considered the most difficult military training in the world. This six-month training has a 70% attrition rate. My Navy SEAL training class went from around 200 trainees to about ten after five weeks of training. When you make it through Navy SEAL training you…
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Controlled Chaos: the valley’s service industry, Roaring Fork Valley – Colorado
It has been suggested to me that the valley is so overwhelmingly based in “service industry” that leadership is not an important topic to be considered. “We have seasonal workers, and it is hard enough to get them to come to work,” the argument goes. Or, “It is impossible to build a culture in the…
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Finding the Courage to Tackle the Highland Bowl
A couple weeks ago I provided you with my thoughts about how to kick off 2023 with a different and fresh perspective on New Year’s resolutions: a focus on behaviors over checklists. The question you may have now is, “Who is this guy Errol Doebler and why should I listen to his views on leadership?…
