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11/03/2026

“Now put in the reps!”
That was Part 2 of the Conversations Series at Wright State University Lake Campus today.

Part 1 we dropped the word “difficult” and picked up the tools.
Part 2 we shared our biggest real convos, coached one another, and practiced what happens when the conversation doesn’t go to plan.

One of the best parts happened in the four weeks between the classes (and why I love multiple-part series!).
These leaders used what they learned:
- One took the FUEL coaching method from Part 1 and used it with a team leader who kept trying to step down. The conversation uncovered she wasn’t done, she was overwhelmed and unsupported. She stayed.
- One turned “we should probably track that” into a real number, and cut a changeover time 30% in three weeks.

Straight from the room:
“I’ve learned to ask more questions and stop fearing I’ll say the wrong thing.”
“You did excellent on putting this training to what we are currently facing in our roles.” - Chelsea, Supplier Quality Engineer
“Most conversations don’t happen because of the uncomfortability of it.” - A leader naming the exact reason we practice.

Amazing series with credit to our leaders and their coaching of one another today:
4.8 out of 5 overall.
5 out of 5 for Practical and Relevant.
5 out of 5 for More Equipped to Handle a Conversation.

The lone 4 came with a request for more practice time.
Me too!

Theory is nice. A tool you can use that day is better. Practicing with that tool, so it’s there in the heat of the moment, is best.
I have been on the floor too long to settle for anything less.

Thank you to WSU-Lake Campus Workforce Devt. for letting me take one of my favorite topics and run with it.

And as always I need to point to the amazing Cassandra Osterholt for making it happen and to Tammy Eilerman for the opportunity.

A thank you to the companies investing in their people by sending them. Great to see local leaders being developed:
AMS Seat Structures
CAPT - Celina Aluminum Precision Technology Inc.
Fort Recovery Industries, Inc.
Honda Engineering North America, Inc.

Grateful for mornings like this, and the leaders I get to spend them with.

11/03/2026

No head at the table. - Now live!

Jared Ebbing, Community & Economic Development Director for Mercer County.

And the word he added to the sign: “Community.”

When the county hired him in 2009, the title was Economic Development Director. He added one word.

His thinking: get the community right (infrastructure, workforce, schools, people) and economic development gets a whole lot easier.

His leadership lesson?
Last week I told you he drew me a circle. Find out why in this month's issue of The Peak Leader Letter.
The full story, the leadership move for this week, and a healthy habit for anyone who can’t shut it off at night are all in there.

Subscribe and it lands in your inbox right away: peakperformingleaders.kit.com/peakleaderletter

Thank you, Jared.
For the time, the circle, and six years of never making an idea feel too small!

11/02/2026

Last week I told you about a leader who apologized for taking two days to answer my email. Here’s another clue.

The first thing he did when he took his job was change the sign. He added one word.

17 years later, that word explains almost everything he’s done around here. The schools. The workforce. The kids who used to say there was “nothing here but farming and factories.”

Issue #5 of The Peak Leader Letter drops TOMORROW. Tuesday, November 3, 6:40am.

Link in the comments. Subscribe and it lands in your inbox in the morning!

10/30/2026

Happy Halloween weekend!

Our trick-or-treat was last Sunday, so around here Halloween has already come and gone.

My kids had a blast and the weather was beautiful. For my youngest son, passing out candy was his favorite part and he chased down anyone who walked away without getting some.

What is left is a large bowl of candy that keeps getting smaller - that my kids will tell me they know nothing about.

Scariest thing I saw this week: a leader with secret expectations! 😱 (Sorry. Had to tie leadership in somehow.)

If yours is this weekend, have fun out there. We only get so many of these while the kiddos still love it and allow us to join.

P.S. Time to take down the Halloween decorations and immediately start going overboard for Christmas!

10/29/2026

Spent yesterday with the Youth Leadership Club at Minster Local Schools and what a group!

We first covered leading yourself and habits and then leading others. Tons of interaction, tons of involvement, and the students lit up the second things got competitive, especially the activities they ran themselves - amazing.

So many of them talked about upperclassmen that they learned from in sports and in the YLC. Some remembering this club from when they were freshmen, and now they are the ones pulling the younger ones in. That is leadership.

Huge thank you to muhlenkamp
and Jill Sudoff. What you two have built with the YLC is something special and unique. Over 75 students showing up for each other and for their community. That does not happen by accident.

Thank you to Jacob Larger for jumping in the morning with me, and to the coaches, AD, and counselor at Minster Schools - Michael, Shelly, Rob, and Greg - for giving up a few hours of your day to make it happen.

And to the students, you blew me away. Keep leading. It always starts with you.

10/28/2026

Most leaders measure the gap.

Where we are versus where we should be.
What didn’t get done.
What is still broken.

The gap is real. But if it’s the only thing I measure, nobody feels like they are making progress or winning, me included. That drains motivation fast.

Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy call the alternative measuring the Gain. We call them WINS.

Look back at what’s moved since you last met, or since you started, and count it.

One of our leaders did exactly that last week. His team member felt like he had a rough week with nothing to show for it. In their weekly check-in, they counted it up: ten unplanned member issues solved. He hadn’t seen any of it as a win but just as an interruption to the plan. Now he does.

Yesterday’s huddle was full of Wins - with a twist.
Nobody shared their own. Their accountability partner had to share it for them.
- A crew that volunteered to sort parts and make a shipment. Nobody had to ask or be mandated.
- A team member trained on repairs that only senior associates used to handle. Double the capacity.
- An audit covered outside the leader’s own department. Zero findings.
- A conversation about the recurring tasks that have been slipping, and the process to get them back on track.

And one pair met at a restaurant for their accountability check-in, only to find out it was happy hour.
--> A true - Win, Win!

Then we did what this group does best: challenged each other. One leader brought a real problem, how to get a team member to lead his peers when they are all the same level, and the room asked the questions and provided the input for our leader to give his next step.

Celebrate the Wins!
Progress over perfection.

Great work to our leaders for doing the work, and for cheering each other on.

10/27/2026

I emailed November's leader for The Peak Leader Letter asking for an interview.

He replied two days later. And apologized. More than once.
For two days.

I’ve waited two weeks on people who never apologize. Some never write back at all.

That’s him. He shows up for people. Every. Time.

I’ve known him for six years. I still walked out of our conversation finding out he has a whole second job I knew nothing about. (Still wondering where he finds the time.)

So I asked how he leads with all of that on his plate. He grabbed a pen and drew a circle.

Issue #5 of The Peak Leader Letter drops Tuesday, November 3.

The full story, and the one move you can steal and use that same week.
Find out who it is the day it comes out with the link in the comments!

10/26/2026

Mad Maple trail half marathon at Hueston Woods. Done.

The elevation was wild (I am used to around 100 ft of gain over 10 miles). And I loved every bit of it. My legs may not agree.

I was excited for it being my first trail run. The miles, the beauty, the woods, the challenge - all of it was amazing.

And it still wasn’t the best part.

My dad traveled with me. My oldest son really wanted to run the 5K. What we didn’t know until race morning was that we would get to start together.

So for the first 0.8 miles we ran together. Him, me, and the Hill of Death as the organizer called it. My boy renamed it the Hill of Doom, because “no one is going to die on it.”

Then he peeled off for his race and I went for mine.

9 years ago I couldn’t run half a mile. Saturday I got to start a race next to my son. He went on to run over 3 miles “without stopping,” as he proudly announced. And he finished as the fastest (and only) runner there under the age of 25.

I talk a lot about leading yourself first, and I often share (mostly as a reminder to myself) that someone is always watching.

Mine was running right next to me.

Whatever your thing is, bring the people you love along for it.
And like my dad has always done for me, show up for the things others love.

Even if it’s just for the first 0.8 miles.

10/23/2026

Friday question - What’s one win from your week?

Doesn’t have to be big. A conversation you finally had. Someone on your team who stepped up. A workout you didn’t skip when you really wanted to.

I’ll go first: Father/Son Soccer match. Tons of fun, tons of smiles, tons of laughs, and zero injuries for us dads.

Share in the comments or send directly to me so I can celebrate with you.

Have a great weekend!

10/22/2026

You never know who’s watching you.

Over the last year, three people I’ve talked with or coached have shared with me that they quit to***co or quit drinking. That was not even the main goal for some or even a goal at all. It was a byproduct of who they decided to become.

I didn’t hand them some magic plan. I don't have one. I’m not that good.
They did the work. All of it.

But it made me wonder how much we influence one another without even realizing it.

Best answer I’ve got: people borrow light.
(thought came to me when I heard the song "If you can't find hope" by Able Heart)

I’m not out walking before 5 am or logging miles on a Sunday to inspire anybody. I do it because it makes me a better husband, a better dad, a better human.

But when someone is stuck, seeing a regular person chase something every day makes it feel possible. So they borrow a little of that light until they have their own.

I borrow light too.

Bill and Tim, two leaders I’ve written about, both have sons working alongside them. Watching that, I borrowed a picture of what I would love my own future to look like.

Same goes for you.

The habit you are building. The thing you keep showing up for when nobody’s clapping. Someone is watching. Your kid. Your team. A friend who has been stuck and quietly wondering if they could do it too.

That is what leading yourself first really means. It is never only for you.

Keep showing up.

And if someone asks how you do it, don’t brush it off like it is nothing.
Tell them. Invite them along.

You might be the light they borrow to get started.
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P.S. Sunrise right here in Celina. Light is all around us when we are able to look. And on the days you can't find your own, it’s okay to borrow some.

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