“I define empathy as the ability to put yourself in somebody else’s shoes and to understand and connect with what they are feeling - to feel what they’re feeling. You first have to understand the world as they see it through their eyes.”

Good listeners listen to what people say, and great listeners notice what people don’t say. When you know the neuroscience of listening, you realize that people can think up to nine times faster than they can speak. So the first thing they say is probably between ten and fourteen percent of what they are thinking.

"Natural leaders are prepared to take action, good leaders take the right action."

“Having an ecosystem of people who actually can talk to you, help you, and support you may be the most important thing, not only for your professional and personal success, but for your life.”

“Really going into purpose work, that takes courage. Leadership is courageous. Leadership – real leadership, authentic, purpose-focused leadership – is not for wimps. It takes courage. You will have to stand up. You will have to face the dragon.”

“I think of OKRs as a way to stand with one foot on the side of the river in strategy and another foot on the side of the river in daily activities.”

“I tell everybody on the team, I expect you to fail at times. In fact, if you’re not failing once in a while, you’re not pushing yourself far enough.”

“The reality is, we are all interconnected and there’s a broader perspective that a lot of people don’t have on how my actions and the actions of our community then affect the actions of our state, which affect the actions of our country.”

"If you are not willing and able to lead wholeheartedly, get the hell out of the way so that somebody who is can."

“I found that what’s most important in life is connection and how we connect with life, because, after all, life isn’t about us; we’re about life.”

“Executive presence is demonstrated in the qualities of a leader that engage, align, inspire, and move people to act.”

“Be aware and be intentional. These are the two most important things”