It has been 25 years since I completed my time at Chick-fil-A, and yet I continue to learn from my experiences there. The “my pleasure” culture provides some powerful lessons for leaders and organizations of all types; here are a few of those lessons for you to consider.

Coaching little league sports gave me great leadership insights and applications. Intentional leadership and character development for kids is important, but the lesson applications don’t stop at little league!

It has been 25 years since I graduated from high school. While college taught me plenty, it also brought a lot of reflection, maturity, and growth. But, I was not perfect. Looking back, I would’ve told young me these thoughts as a way to do college life better.

College taught me a lot as a young leader. In reflection, here are 10 things I would’ve told me when I graduated from West Point. I successfully did some of them, and I wish I had done others better.

Voluntarily choosing challenges helps us develop resiliency and grit to face the unexpected challenges of life. Explore how a deployment to Iraq and endurance sports helped Brittany discover this in her life.

“Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.” ~Heraclitus of Ephesus

Leader, you are not perfect, and that’s ok! This article explores three reasons why some leaders seek to be or appear perfect and the problems that causes. I also explore some better ways through humility, honesty, and understanding what it means to lead by example.

Good (and great!) leaders take knowledge and turn it into action. Here are 4 action steps for a leader on a self-awareness journey to take.

Leaders, you NEED to know who you are, what motivates you, how you react in stress, how you react in security, and how you best interact with others.

Leaders are meant to solve hard problems amid messes. Here are three actions you should take when the apples scatter and you must address and fix the mess.