26 Jul 2023 Emotional Fuel Organizations achieve success proportional to the want-to of the leader. That was my personal experience from 45 years of leadership in sports, military, and business.…
19 Jul 2023 Reading and Cancer At the age of 46 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The urologist recommended surgery and urged me not to delay more than a couple…
12 Jul 2023 The Speed of Pete The fast eat the slow. I repeated that mantra during my first 18 years leading Tower Engineering Professionals (TEP). But the behavior began much sooner.
05 Jul 2023 Why Listen to Me about Business Leadership? …because I have done a lot of it. Most were successful. The failures made me better.
19 Jun 2023 Initiative My three girls are good at basketball. During a decade of balling they have earned numerous trophies of skill and merit. About half of the…
05 Jun 2023 Creating Wealth for Yourself Mom was diagnosed with colon cancer when I was thirty. To clear the decks so that she could focus on beating cancer I paid off…
27 May 2023 Duty and Honor Even before I founded Tower Engineering Professionals (“TEP”) in 1997, I decided that the company would always pay its obligations in full and on time.
22 May 2023 Outwork Me The photo below is of a trophy case in my house. The trophies are a mix of academic and athletic awards. They are not mine.…
08 May 2023 My First Three Thirsty Horses My first leadership charge in business was in 1995 at KCI Technologies. The employee was Rick Talley. My boss, Richard Cullum and I had interviewed…
24 Apr 2023 Set Up for the Win My entry into cell sites was a job at KCI Technologies in 1995. The firm needed a structural engineer who would climb towers, and I…
10 Apr 2023 The Axis of Advance The axis of advance toward building my own company was set on Monday, January 20, 1995. That was the day that I crossed my Rubicon.
13 Mar 2023 No I Am Not Too Sensitive I sat on a stool at the end of the kitchen bar. He stood over me as I sobbed. Seeing my tears, he bored in,…
27 Feb 2023 Finish One Thing It was the kind of phone call you hate to get. A business partner called to alert me that a client of many years had…
13 Feb 2023 You Did Half Already At age 14, my dad had me jacked up against the wall in a state of near collapse. My nervous system was shutting down because…
30 Jan 2023 What Drives Me We stood in the middle of the kitchen; my arms wrapped around her while she cried. I was young, perhaps 14. While I hugged her,…
16 Jan 2022 Gasoline on the Fire I walked into Tim Donahue’s office carrying a PiRod Banjo Bracket. That’s a rack to support cell antenna cables. I needed to ask Tim a…
