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Before Vince Lombardi arrived in Green Bay, the Packers had just finished 1-10-1. Most people saw a bad season. Lombardi...
10/21/2026

Before Vince Lombardi arrived in Green Bay, the Packers had just finished 1-10-1. Most people saw a bad season. Lombardi saw a losing culture.

So he didn’t stand in front of that team and promise a championship. He promised to raise the standard of what he expected from them, and from every player in that locker room.

The next year they went 7-5. Within three seasons, they were champions. Today the Super Bowl trophy carries his name.

What we appreciate most about Lombardi’s story is that it wasn’t built on one big moment. His teams practiced harder than they played. He cared about the little things done well every day. And he kept pushing his players, and himself, to get better on the very next play.

He also didn’t demand perfection. He believed that if you chase perfection, you catch excellence. That’s progress over perfection, and it’s a mindset any leader can bring into their business or team this week.

You won’t win every time. Lombardi didn’t either. But you can decide you’re not going to settle for mediocre.

This is Part 3 of our series, The Coaches Who Built Champions. Next week, we’re talking about Nick Saban and the impact he made on college football.

Where could a higher standard make the biggest difference for your team right now?

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10/19/2026

It’s easy to see why Vince Lombardi still inspires leaders.

“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we catch excellence.”

Most of us have felt the temptation to ease off once we realize a goal can’t be reached perfectly. Lombardi turned that around. Perfection being out of reach doesn’t make the pursuit pointless. The pursuit is where excellence comes from.

Then there’s the line he’s famous for: “You don’t do it right once in a while, you do it right every time.” That one asks a lot of us. The people who count on us, at work and at home, aren’t keeping score of our occasional great moments. They’re noticing what they can rely on day after day.

When you refuse to settle for anything less than your best, you’ll be amazed at what you can accomplish in your life.

Who in your circle needs this reminder today?

Picture coaching a team made up of the most talented players in the world. Every one of them is a star. Every one of the...
10/14/2026

Picture coaching a team made up of the most talented players in the world. Every one of them is a star. Every one of them is used to being the best person on the floor.

That was Mike Krzyzewski’s assignment when he took over USA Basketball. The program was in decline, and talent wasn’t what was missing. The players needed to trust one another, to know that a teammate would be where he said he would be when the play called for it.

Coach K got them there. Between 2006 and 2008 his team went 36 and 1 and won gold in Beijing, with two more gold medals in the years that followed.

How did he build that kind of trust? He invested in positive relationships. He was consistent for decades. And he made good decisions, on the court and when no one was watching.

That last part is worth sitting with. Trust isn’t built by what we do when the team is in front of us. It grows out of the life we live when the doors are closed. The deeper we go in building character, the more people are able to trust us.

That’s true on a basketball court, and it’s true in a business, a team, and a family.

Take a moment this week to ask yourself where you’re building trust, and where it may need some attention.

10/13/2026

When a study asked 80,000 leaders what trust actually is, the answer wasn’t complicated. It came down to three things: positive relationships, consistency, and good judgment backed by expertise.

Coach K is a great picture of this. He took celebrities, athletes the whole world adored, and got them to play as a team. He built real relationships with his players, and the players built them with one another. They cared for each other. They showed up for each other. They put their egos aside.

And he was consistent. The same coach on Monday that he was on game day. Because of those relationships and that consistency, his judgment on the court was trusted.

Here’s the thing most of us miss: trust doesn’t start with the big decision. It starts with how we treat people and whether we show up the same way every time.

Which of the three comes easiest for you, and which one needs some attention?

John Wooden used to pay close attention to how his players tied their sneakers and wrapped their ankles.That sounds like...
10/09/2026

John Wooden used to pay close attention to how his players tied their sneakers and wrapped their ankles.

That sounds like a small thing for a coach with 10 national championships. But he knew that if the details were sloppy, blisters would follow, and blisters make the game harder to play.

He approached everything that way. The little things, the daily habits, the character of the young men on his team. He kept his eyes on developing people instead of on results, and he became known as one of the greatest coaches of all time.

A lot of it started at home. Wooden’s father gave him a seven-point creed, and we’ve laid out all seven in this post. It’s the first in our new series, The Coaches Who Built Champions.

As you head into your week, here’s the challenge: invest in people, build character, and make sure who you are on the inside is always bigger than what people see on the outside.

Which of the seven do you need most right now?

10/08/2026

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10/05/2026

Here's a simple challenge to carry into your week.

Invest in people. Build character. And make sure your insides are always greater than your outside.

Most of us put a lot of energy into what others can see: the results we produce, the way we present ourselves, the role we fill. None of that is wrong. But performance and persona are only the visible part of a leader, and they need something stronger underneath them.

That something is character. When who you are is bigger than what people see, you won't have an issue.

Take a few minutes this week to look past the results and ask how the inside is doing. And if a leader came to mind while you were reading this, pass it along.

10/02/2026

A CFO and a CEO are talking about their people.

The CFO asks, "What happens if we develop our people and they leave?"

The CEO says, "Well, what happens if we don't develop our people and they stay?"

Most of us have felt the CFO's worry. You pour into someone, they grow, and then they take what they learned somewhere else. The CEO sees the other side. If your people never grow, your company doesn't either.

So the CEO asks a different question: how do we develop and grow our people, so we grow our company and we grow them?

And yes, some of them will leave. Out of the people who come through a Chick-fil-A store, one or two or three will own their own franchise one day. You developed them, and now they're leading something of their own.

Take a few minutes this week to think about the people on your team. Who is growing because of the way you lead?

Have you ever felt like you were giving a little attention to everything and not enough to anything?Most leaders have be...
09/30/2026

Have you ever felt like you were giving a little attention to everything and not enough to anything?

Most leaders have been there. We take it all on because it all feels important. But here's something every leader eventually learns: not everything deserves your attention at the same moment.

We once worked with a very successful entrepreneur who acquired 20 to 30 companies. Whenever he was in the middle of an acquisition, he set aside that 60 to 90 day window and took nothing else onto his plate. He knew that deal needed his full focus to succeed.

That kind of intentionality helps the whole team, not just the leader. Simplification creates speed, because people stop wasting energy trying to figure out which priority actually matters.

One practical tool we use with leaders is the game plan. Start with an annual game plan for what you want to accomplish this year. Build quarterly game plans that tie back to it. Then break each quarter into monthly game plans.

If we're not intentional with how we use our time, and how we develop our people to use theirs, we drift. That's why every leader needs to reset the focus from time to time.

This wraps up our series, 4 Resets That Refocus Your Leadership: Reset the Work, Reset the Vision, Reset the Culture, and Reset the Focus.

Take a few minutes this week to think about where your attention belongs this quarter.

09/28/2026

Here's something every leader eventually learns. You can't give equal attention to everything and still expect excellent results.

Some years ago, we worked with a very successful entrepreneur who had acquired somewhere between 20 and 30 companies. Whenever he started a new acquisition, he drew a clear line. For that 60 to 90 day window, he didn't take anything else on. His attention went to one place: making that acquisition a success.

That kind of discipline is rare. As leaders and business owners, it's easy to want to take on everything. New opportunities keep showing up, and each one feels important in the moment.

But not everything deserves your attention at that moment.

Part of leading well is pausing long enough to ask, "What is the most important thing that needs my attention?" Then giving it what it needs.

Take a few minutes this week to look honestly at your plate. What might need to wait so the most important thing can get your best?

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