leader & team development advocate & coach - soccer enthusiast - author & Writer

My passion for leadership and team development began early in my career after being introduced to Ken Blanchard's books and programs. Over the years, I learned as much as I could about leaders in business, sports, politics, and even on the battlefield. Learning lessons from people like Nelson Mandela, Colin Powell, John Wooden, and others was important because they demonstrated leadership in the field. My favorite leader is Nelson Mandela. He was an optimist with a vision for replacing apartheid with democracy in South America. He was also an innovative leader who saw the value of sport to leverage peoples' emotions, demonstrating a collaborative mind-set in winning people to his cause. Throughout my career I often found myself in situations where I was trying to persuade people to move from win-lose to win-win scenarios. This eventually led to generating win-win solutions and started writing...marrying my passion for leadership development with soccer.