KeePressingOn Journal
Gaining Courage in a Culture of Excellence
Together, we continue to encounter deep strains from economic struggle, health challenges, and social trials. What might help our colleagues and teams look beyond a time of inflation and further economic downturn and drive a mindset of courage and achieving peak performance?
New Milestones and the Road Ahead
I am thankful that in recent weeks we have enjoyed significant anniversaries for our two venture companies, James Coltharp Policy Solutions and The KeePressingOn Project. The road ahead includes very encouraging prospects. At JC...
They Can’t Take That Away from Me
It’s been a year of losses we could not have imagined and changes that shocked us from their suddenness, leaving us struggling to find hope. The different types of losses, among them—loved ones, friends, business...
A Moment for Courage
This message began as a story about a race. An unlikely, great Olympic race. But this is not just a story about Dave Wottle. Everyone is coming out of an unspeakably difficult year. One more week, even one more day, seems like a...
If We Play, Clarence Plays
Great leaders figure out how to do the right thing the right way I remember very clearly watching Coach John Wooden coach basketball when I was 8 years old. I was fascinated as he became celebrated, and then legendary, for...
And Then They Became Champions
Even though I grew up in Ohio, my first vision as a young boy of a great team, a great coach, and real champions came to life through the Green Bay Packers and Vince Lombardi. In holding the Green Bay Packers to his standards of...
Strong Teams, Great Performances: The Barefoot Champion
In the moments that matter, how can we perform at our best? Ethiopian marathon runner, Abebe Bikila, who would make history as the first back-to-back Olympic marathon gold-medalist, spent his upbringing training, most of the...
Lost at sea? Leading to a new course
Can you imagine being hopelessly lost with hundreds or thousands of miles between you and your destination? For three and a half centuries, since the first European voyage into open seas in 1418, European sailors had no way of...
Lessons Learned Remotely: It’s Time to Engage
We have a choice. Was working from home a passing necessity? Or is it now part of your longer-term operation? In all the recent change, teams have reevaluated many aspects of their operation to adapt to the quarantine. With...
2020: Our New Race
Sometimes, the race you run is not the one you prepared to run. Runners who fall during a long-distance race take the time to stop and check for injuries. The race goes on, but it becomes a different kind of race than originally...
When the Tightrope Starts to Shake
In our last article, we acknowledged that many of us walk a tightrope every day. Personal relationships. Work demands. Mounting stress. Overload. Burnout. And now, while we walk on the tightrope, we find that our very careful...
Twenty-Six Hours a Day
In early October 2019, I stepped away from my role as a senior executive with Comcast, which I held for 22 years, and stepped into the “second half” of my life and career. I did not intend to start a new business. Actually, I...
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