Core
Your health, family, faith, and values. The foundation everything else stands on.
Our approach
The ideas behind the work.
Ron comes back to these four ideas in almost every workshop, coaching session, and mentoring conversation.
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True wealth has four dimensions.
We think about wealth in four connected areas, and money is only part of one of them.
Experience
Relationships, growth, learning, and joy. The parts of life that make it worth living.
Contribution
How you show up for others with your time, attention, and resources.
Resources
Money, and also ideas, relationships, talent, and time. Everything you have to work with.
02
Making good decisions under pressure.
When stress hits, most of us share the same instinct: react, defend, protect. We call this the Red Box, and every leader falls into it. What gets you out is a repeatable pause that takes about three seconds.
- Breathe.
- Name what you’re feeling.
- Ask an empowering question.
On the other side of the pause is a response instead of a reaction. We call it the Green Triangle, and it builds from the ground up: respect for the person and the situation in front of you, then appreciation for what they bring. With both in place, generosity becomes possible.
That pause is often the difference between a decision you’re proud of and one you have to walk back.
03
Communication that builds trust.
Most listening is passive. We nod along while we wait for our turn to talk. We teach the opposite: listening that gives the other person’s thinking room to go somewhere new, and questions that open a conversation up.
Anyone can get better at both with practice.
04
Character is built in small moments.
Integrity grows mostly out of ordinary choices, including the ones nobody else will see. We give leaders a simple filter for what is worth saying, and a way to turn any decision into a repeatable practice.
It starts with a pause. It ends with reflection. In between, the book gives you a five-step way to close the loop.
- Pause
- Step 2
- Step 3
- Step 4
- Reflect
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Want to bring this to your team?
Ron works with city and county teams, financial and professional service firms, and individuals. Tell him a little about your group and he’ll write back. Or try one of the exercises from his book first.