
A little about myself, my journey, and why I’m here.
Being a father of two boys with disabilities, the years of creative struggle and innovation inspired by necessity have turned me into a social entrepreneur. I hope to share not only the discoveries that have enriched our lives but also ideas and possible inventions for the future.
A little about myself, my journey, and why I’m here.

Being a father of two boys with disabilities, the years of creative struggle and innovation inspired by necessity have turned me into a social entrepreneur. I hope to share not only the discoveries that have enriched our lives but also ideas and possible inventions for the future.
Latest posts
In this week’s article, Russ dives into the story of Bruce Springsteen, along with the leadership lessons Russ learned in the process of watching him rise to fame. This is a five-part series chronicling his journey to discovering his voice.
How do we keep on leading when the negatives seem to outweigh the positives for continuing on?
Powerful emotions can derail, disrupt, distract, and disorient us. If we don’t learn how to handle strong emotions, they will begin to lead us and our company, department, or family.
When I scan the leadership landscape in the U.S. and around the world, it is obvious to me that we are in a leadership crisis.
The hope of these podcasts is to start conversations around leadership, knowing that this is exploration more than it is certainty.
There is an intricate relationship between leadership, emotion, and spirituality.
Much like artists, leaders are visionary. They see things that no one else sees and break the mold of what is considered normal.
My goal is to take my nearly 40 years of adult leadership study as well as experience and begin a quest to unearth the answers to the question of how we navigate, and eventually conquer, this 21st century leadership crisis.
Do the facts determine the stories or do the stories determine which facts we accept as true?