What surviving an aortic dissection taught me about leadership under pressure. The idea for The Trust Transformation did not begin in a hospital room. But a hospital room is where its meaning became unmistakably clear to me. It began more than a decade earlier. In 2007, I started working on a concept I called Outrageous Trust. At the time, I had spent years observing leadership teams and organizations wrestling with the same invisible problem. - Decisions were made in meetings, but later they unraveled. - Alignment appeared strong on the surface, but beneath it, people hesitated to challenge one another honestly. - Accountability was often unclear, and leaders frequently carried the weight of important decisions alone. What I began to realize was that while most organizations valued trust, they thought that highlighting it in mission statements or culture presentations was enough. But trust is actually something much more powerful. It is an operating system. Just as the operating system in a computer determines how everything functions beneath the surface, trust determines how decisions hold up, how relationships function, and how organizations perform under pressure. Over the years, that idea continued to develop. Then in 2017, something important happened. Working alongside leaders at AdventHealth and collaborating with Dr. Omayra Mansfield, we launched what would become The Trust Transformation as an evidence-based employee training program. Through an Institutional Review Board study, we examined how people experienced trust before and after the training. What we discovered was encouraging. Participants began to shift their thinking about trust. Instead of seeing it as abstract or aspirational, they began to recognize it as practical and observable. Something that could be intentionally designed into leadership and culture. The data showed measurable positive changes. People began to see trust less as a vague cultural value and more as a system that shaped how leaders made decisions, communicated with one another, and worked through conflict.

Will be in MH CA USA TODAY Hopefully Something Great will happen today. We need a change. It’s easy to fall for Scams and this is not a scam. It’s something Called trust

Today we will be in Gilroy California between 2-4PM downtown Gilroy around 3:30PM Consistency Contributes to Trust and We have something to work on.

Trust Was Created today

Last week I wrote about the importance of leadership at home first and the legacy we hope to pass down. Our son Roy proposed last night to his girlfriend Brooklynn (with their cat Siri cheering them on 🤣). They have built a beautiful relationship and we are excited for them and what God has planned for their journey together. Over the past few weeks Roy and I have had some of the most meaningful conversations about life and the important decisions we make. It was so fulfilling to help him set up for this moment. He set up a wonderful stage for the moment on our back porch and I worked with him and his siblings to get everything ready. Our whole family helped with the details, from preparing the house, setting up the sound and video, laying out rose petals on the path from the front door to the porch, small candles to illuminate the way to name a few. The investment of time and presence in our lives of our spouse and children yield the greatest return. #leadership #family #legacy