Hi Reader, I’ve been thinking about the phrase I hear most often after I speak. “Our meetings aren't working.” Let’s get more precise. Meetings don’t fail because people are careless. If I walked into your recurring meeting and asked, “What will exist at the end of this hour that does not exist now?” would the answer be clear? Not a discussion. Not alignment. Not a good conversation. A tangible product. A decision. A documented commitment. A prioritized list. A defined problem statement. If...
11 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, I’ve been thinking about the phrase I hear most often after I speak. “Our meetings aren't working.” Let’s get more precise. Meetings don’t fail because people are careless. If I walked into your recurring meeting and asked, “What will exist at the end of this hour that does not exist now?” would the answer be clear? Not a discussion. Not alignment. Not a good conversation. A tangible product. A decision. A documented commitment. A prioritized list. A defined problem statement. If...
11 days ago • 1 min read
Meetings are not neutral. They either produce a clear decision or they quietly weaken your authority. Most leaders run meetings on habit. Agenda. Updates. Discussion. Then the same issue resurfaces next week under a different name. The visible cost is time. The hidden cost is credibility. When decisions are vague and ownership is unclear, execution slows. People look elsewhere for clarity. The Lead the Meeting Founding Cohort begins March 10. 15 seats. 12 weeks. Live implementation. You will...
24 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, I'm launching the first cohort of The Meeting Room, and I want you to know about it before I open it to the public. If you've read the book, you already know the frameworks. You've seen what orchestration looks like on paper. This is where you implement it in your actual meetings. THE MEETING ROOM COHORT 12 weeks. Live coaching every Monday starting March 10th at noon ET. You pick one real meeting in your organization, and we transform it together. Not a course you watch. A cohort...
30 days ago • 1 min read
Happy New Year! Thank you. For reading my blog, visiting the site, buying the book, and staying connected across social media. Your engagement tells me this work is landing where it matters. Here's what I keep watching in real organizations. Change fails when the conversations aren't designed to hold clarity, tension, and actual decisions. Meetings show you that gap fast. That's the work I'm staying focused on in 2026. Building on what's already working—the Meeting ROI App and The Meeting...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Yesterday, I had a thoughtful conversation on Janelle Villiers’ podcast about something I see leaders struggle with every day. Most leaders don’t need more authority. They need a better way to lead the room. We talked about what happens when leaders stop trying to control meetings and start orchestrating them instead. Not by talking more. Not by tightening the agenda. But by paying attention to energy, structure, and presence. One of the biggest takeaways from our conversation was this: Your...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Merry Christmas, friends. As the year winds down and the pace finally slows, I’ve been thinking about the rooms we’ve all walked through this year. The meetings. The conversations. The quiet moments of doubt. The small wins that didn’t always get applause. This season has a way of reminding us what really matters. Not perfection.Not having all the answers.But presence, intention, and choosing to show up with care. If this year stretched you, you’re not alone.If it clarified something for you,...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hi friend, Last time, I told you about the moment I knew I had to write this book. Today, I want to tell you about the meeting that taught me why it mattered. Picture this: I'm sitting in a conference room with seven people. We're stuck. We have operational issues, tensions are high, and everyone's looking to me—the leader—to fix it. So I do what most leaders do. I talk. I direct. I make decisions. And I watch the room go quiet. Not the good kind of quiet—the kind where people check out, nod...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hi friend, There’s a moment in every big leap where something shifts inside you. For me, that moment came during one of the hardest seasons of my life—a season where I was suddenly reminded that time is precious, purpose matters, and unfinished work has a way of tapping you on the shoulder. That’s when one sentence came to me, clear as day: “It all happens in the meeting room.” After 31 years in the energy industry — leading, stumbling, learning, and leading again — I looked back and realized...
3 months ago • 1 min read