– These are thoughts that are impacting my work

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I spend a lot of time reading. The new ideas and interpretations that flow from others’ wisdom often lead to day-to-day insights.

  • Prior Newsletters

    Prior Newsletters

    July 4, 2025 I’ve been working on my project The Responsibility Matrix. I hope to create a stand-alone, self-guided instructional set that gently eases leaders into creating an effective performance culture. Since it’s self-guided, I obviously can’t rely on the same type of instantaneous feedback that I could in a classroom training setting. So, I’m

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  • Habits, Routines, and Discipline

    Habits, Routines, and Discipline

    A lot of productivity books and articles talk about the value of developing good habits. They are key (I’m told) to success. And I mostly agree. I’m also told that discipline is really important. And, of course, having solid routines fits in there somewhere. Habits. Discipline. Routines. These terms were all mashed up in my

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  • Adding value at Level 4 makes you essential

    Adding value at Level 4 makes you essential

    When you’re an internal auditor and you’re adding value at Level 4, you have become essential. That’s the highest of the four levels of value-add.

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And, of course, my older posts (on various topics that seemed important to me at the time) are still available. Check out my archive if you wish.

I’m sharing ideas you can use every day. If you want to put your career on a higher trajectory, you just need to take the first step.

Any questions?

I’m happy to discuss what I’m doing … and why.