One Hour

A compendium of leadership fundamentals, drawn from 20 years of executive coaching, designed to be read in One Hour.

Over the past three decades, the author has worked with some extraordinary leaders as an executive coach and trusted advisor. Those engagements supported those women and men in meeting the challenges of change, new roles, new roles, and new opportunities. During the lock-downs of Covid-19, the author had the opportunity to review and reflect upon the leadership fundamentals he had passed along in development programs, presentations, interviews, and assessments. To replace the daily activity displaced by the pandemic, he committed to writing two hundred words each business day for fifteen weeks. This book is a compendium of those writings composed to convey the fundamentals of what it takes to be a successful leader in a one hour read.

The author is trusted advisor with a recognized reputation for providing senior executives with sound and innovative leadership, organizational design, and talent management strategies which accelerate personal and organizational success. An intuitive visionary and gifted communicator, he thoughtfully counsels companies and individuals through difficult and challenging opportunities. With a significant background of operational leadership, Chris is particularly sought-after as an executive mentor for professionals seeking to enhance both their own individual and enterprise performance. Over the past two decades, Chris has focused on advancing the interrelated issues of individual and company performance. This focus evolved naturally from earlier work addressing matters of corporate governance, employee benefits, and employee relations. All in all, Chris brings an unparalleled balance of common sense, insight, experience, and understanding as an advisor, mentor, and confidante. He has coached numerous chief and senior executives as they assumed new roles or led transitions, designed and facilitated over 200 strategic and operational planning projects, created and delivered large senior leader coaching and training programs, reorganize divisions, departments, and enterprises. Clients include single and multi-family offices, large family owned businesses, major health systems, social service organizations, private schools,, and academic medical centers and physician groups. Chris holds degrees from Texas Tech University (chemical engineering) and The University of Texas School of Law, and is a IAF Certified Professional Facilitator.