A business owner who still does the work.

Canoes first, then clients

After Clemson I worked as an Outward Bound field instructor, leading twenty and thirty day canoe trips. I watched people grow when they had a real challenge, clear expectations, room to make their own calls, and someone steady beside them. People change by living something more than by hearing it explained. That is still how I coach.

Later, real estate and building my company, Listings in Motion, put me next to people making big decisions under pressure. Good leadership turned out to be practical: listen carefully, make the next step clear, and do not add noise.

I drifted for a long time

For about twelve years I was in the house, but I wasn’t all there. I came back, just in a different way than I expected: sitting still every day, a lot of listening and reading, and working with my hands. Coming back took small practices I could use on an ordinary Tuesday. Those practices became the course, and coaching is how I help other men use them.

What I believe is simple. Being a man means being present, and not being run by the culture or by what other people think of you.

When I am not working I am usually fixing or building something, lifting kettlebells, riding a mountain bike trail, fishing, or taking my Trail 125 somewhere the road gets smaller.