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06/23/2026

The best boards aren’t perfect. But they are excellent.

Most corporate governance failures don’t happen because directors lack financial acumen. They happen because of a breakdown in team dynamics, trust, and alignment.

When Jim Brown released The Imperfect Board Member, it fundamentally shifted how we look at corporate governance. It wasn’t just about compliance; it was about the human side of the boardroom—the relationships, the candid conversations, and the shared vision that truly drive an organization forward.

Two decades later, the corporate landscape has completely transformed, bringing new complexities, risks, and responsibilities.

That’s why this updated and expanded 20th Anniversary Edition is essential reading for every modern director. It introduces the updated seven disciplines of governance excellence required to navigate today’s fast-paced corporate environment — featuring a powerful new foreword by organizational health expert Patrick Lencioni and highly endorsed by global leadership champions including Stephen M. R. Covey, Santiago “Jimmy” Mellado, and Kantha Naicker.

If you are looking to elevate your boardroom dynamics or prep your executive team for future challenges, now is the time to secure your copies.

📚 Exclusive Barnes & Noble Flash Sale: From now through Friday, 6/26, Barnes & Noble is offering 25% OFF the pre-order for Rewards & Premium Members (including eBooks and Audiobooks). Plus, Premium Members get an additional 10% off the print edition.

👉 Pre-order your copy today or grab a set for your entire board before the sale ends this Friday.

06/23/2026

“We had a good meeting. Strong discussion. Clear vote.”

In the corporate world, that’s a win.
In the church, it usually means you missed the point.

When church boards default to a majority-vote model, the goal subtly shifts from discerning what is right to winning the room. Someone wins, someone loses, and the minority complies—but they rarely truly commit.

As Jim Brown points out: “Church boards are discernment communities, not voting bodies.”

Our role isn’t to vote on the best human idea in the room. It’s to collectively discern what God is already saying.

In Acts 15, the early church didn’t count hands. They said: “It seemed good to us and to the Holy Spirit.”

That means:
👉 Shifting from “What do you think?” to “What are you sensing?”
👉 Paying attention when something doesn’t sit right with anyone in the room.
👉 Staying in the conversation longer than is comfortable.

When you protect the spirit of discernment, you don’t need to count votes. You get something much better: Shared conviction and true unity.

Want to build a healthier culture on your team? Join Jim’s community and subscribe to The Imperfect Church Leader Newsletter.

👇 The signup link is in the first comment.

06/23/2026

The heaviest burden a leader carries isn’t the P&L.

It’s the realization that our teams spend 90,000 hours of their lives at work.

Think about that. The vast majority of a person’s awake existence on this planet is spent under the culture, context, and environment we create.

That is an immense responsibility. But it is also our greatest opportunity.

True leadership isn’t about managing output; it’s about transforming lives. When we step up and intentionally build environments rooted in trust, psychological safety, and genuine purpose, the ripple effect is profound.

People don’t just perform better. They go home to their families with more energy, less anxiety, and a deeper sense of fulfillment.

We aren’t just building businesses. We are shaping the quality of human lives.

Jim Brown recently sat down with Lisa Nichols on the Something Extra podcast to unpack this exact mission. They dove deep into what it looks like to move away from the traditional corporate playbook and build cultures where people don’t just survive—they thrive.

This message is clearly striking a chord globally. Jim’s book, The Imperfect CEO, just officially became a USA Today Best Seller—a testament to the fact that modern leaders are hungry for a healthier, more human way forward.

If you believe that leadership is a privilege and a responsibility to the humans on your team, this conversation is for you.

👇 I’ve dropped the link to the full podcast episode in the comments.

06/23/2026

Brady Wilson asked me a question on the Podcast that I have been sitting with.

What if the most powerful thing a leader could do is stop pretending to have all the answers?

Thirty years of working with CEOs keeps bringing me back to the same observation. Everyone in the organization already knows. The question is whether the leader is willing to stop performing and start leading.

More about this on this podcast, and it’s now up! Link in the comments.

06/22/2026

The single biggest mistake companies make with employee development? They treat it as an individual checklist, not a collective strategy.

We send people to isolated training modules.
We hand out random gift cards.
We hope for alignment, but we end up with fragmented teams.

But true organizational health doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It happens when an entire company starts speaking the exact same leadership language.

When an HR team distributes a unified message across an entire workforce, they aren’t just checking a box for employee benefits. They are deploying a strategic alignment tool designed to:

✅ Empower Individuals: Giving every single person on the team the permission and framework to lead with impact.
✅ Build Real Alignment: Creating a shared vocabulary around a common corporate purpose.
✅ Strengthen Workplace Culture: Laying down an active foundation of trust, vulnerability, and mutual accountability.

When teams read together, they grow together. They build a stronger, more resilient workplace tomorrow.

The Imperfect CEO of Jim Brown is now a USA TODAY Bestseller, and it’s quickly becoming the go-to “employee gift with a purpose” for HR teams who want to give something that pays the organization back.

If you’re an HR leader thinking about year-end gifts: skip the mug. Give the growth.

Here’s to your people. Here’s to your culture. Here’s to what happens when one book starts one conversation that changes everything.

Link in the comment below.

06/22/2026

The moment people stop bringing you bad news is the moment you should be worried.

Not because the problems disappeared.
Because you’ve become unsafe to tell.

One of the most common blind spots among high-performing leaders is this:

They genuinely want transparency.

But when they receive difficult feedback, bad news, or uncomfortable truths, they react emotionally.
They defend.
They explain.
They justify.
Sometimes they even punish the messenger.

Not intentionally.
But the message is received loud and clear:
“Don’t bring me that again.”

So people stop.
They stop raising concerns.
They stop challenging assumptions.
They stop telling the truth.

And eventually, leaders find themselves asking:
“Why am I always the last person to know?”

The answer is often uncomfortable.

Because people usually don’t hide bad news from leaders they trust.
They hide bad news from leaders they fear.

Jim Brown recently joined Lisa Nichols on the Something Extra podcast to dive deep into this exact blind spot, exploring the psychological shifts required to transition from a culture of compliance to a culture of true organizational health.

If you are a leader navigating these complex dynamics, these are the exact human-centered frameworks Jim unpack in his new book, The Imperfect CEO: Making the Climb to Organizational Health which just officially became a USA Today Bestseller!

The best leaders don’t reward good news.

They reward honesty.

Especially when it hurts.

06/19/2026

Most corporate governance books are incredibly boring.

They read like manuals written by lawyers, for lawyers. But 20 years ago, Jim Brown did something radical: he wrote a book about board governance as a story.

And it changed how thousands of leaders view the boardroom.

If you’ve ever sat on a board—whether for a Fortune 500 company, a local non-profit, or a growing startup—you know the reality. Boards are messy. They are made of people. And people are inherently imperfect.

That’s why The Imperfect Board Member became an instant classic. It stripped away the stuffy academic jargon and focused on what actually matters: The Seven Disciplines of Governance Excellence.

The 20th Anniversary Edition of The Imperfect Board Member is officially coming—fully updated, expanded, and wrapped in a beautiful new design.

What’s new in this edition?
✅ Updated Insights: Refreshed strategies to tackle modern corporate governance challenges.
✅ Expanded Content: New tools to help your board move from compliance to true strategic value.
✅ An Iconic Endorsement: Featuring a powerful foreword by organizational health pioneer, Patrick Lencioni.

Whether you are a seasoned board chair, a brand-new director, or an executive who reports to a board, this is the definitive blueprint you need on your shelf.

🚨 The 20th Anniversary Edition is NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!
👇 Type “board” in the comments below for FREE sample!

06/19/2026

Leadership is incredibly lonely. But building a culture shouldn’t be.

When you sit in the CEO or executive chair, everyone looks to you for the answers. You bear the weight of the strategy, the budget, the board alignment, and the underlying team dynamics.

But too many leaders mistake responsibility for isolation.

They try to carry the entire weight of the organization on their own shoulders, hiding behind a mask of perfection.

The reality? The moment you stop trying to look like the “perfect” leader is the exact moment your organization finally has room to grow. You don’t need a flawless facade to build a thriving culture. You need the courage to look at the gaps honestly.

Jim Brown is incredibly humbled by how these concepts are resonating with the greatest leaders across the globe like Garry Ridge and Monica Cohen. The Imperfect CEO is officially a USA Today Best Seller, and features a powerful foreword by Stephen M. R. Covey.

If you are a CEO, executive, or board member looking for a practical roadmap to shift your culture from artificial harmony to real, organizational health, this book was written for you.

Take it with you on your next break, dig into the frameworks, and start changing the conversations in your boardroom.

👇 Direct link to grab your copy of the book in the first comment below.

06/19/2026

Most leaders preach “alignment.”
Very few practice accommodation.

We sit in boardrooms and wonder why our teams aren’t executing the strategy. We look at KPIs and get frustrated by a lack of momentum.

So what do we do? We push harder. We repeat the vision. We demand they rise to our level.

But true leadership isn’t about forcing people to catch up to where you are.
It’s about having the humility to meet them exactly where they are.

If a team member is burning out, you don’t give them a pep talk on “grit.” You meet them in the exhaustion.
If a department is paralyzed by change, you don’t give them a tighter deadline. You meet them in the uncertainty.

When you meet people where they are:
✅ You stop managing behavior and start leading humans.
✅ You trade artificial compliance for deep, psychological safety.
✅ You build a culture sturdy enough to hold the truth.

This isn’t soft leadership. It’s the only kind of leadership that actually scales. Because you cannot guide someone to a destination if you refuse to walk to the starting line with them.

Jim Brown recently sat down with Robert Wachter on the Called to Flourish Podcast to dive deep into this exact dynamic. They discussed why organizational health breaks down when leaders refuse to step off their pedestals, and how to build a table where truth can actually land.

This is the core heartbeat behind Jim’s book, The Imperfect CEO which he is incredibly honored to share is now a USA Today Best Seller, featuring a foreword by Stephen M. R. Covey.

If you are tired of running on hidden relational debt within your executive team, this conversation is for you.

👇 Links in the comments below.

06/18/2026

When your people love where they work, recruiting changes entirely.

You stop chasing candidates and start attracting them. And the best part? Your own team becomes the filter. They know who belongs and who does not. They bring the right people in and quietly protect the culture at the same time.

That is talent magnetism.

Lisa Nichols and I got into exactly that on Episode 388 of the Something Extra Podcast. Full episode in the comments.

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