By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. “My father gave the me the greatest gift anyone could give another person. He believed in me.” ~Jim Valvano The world needs more father figures. We need more men who listen to us with full attention, pick us up…
By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. Scott’s Maxim – “Leading a team is one continual story problem. Those closest to the customer know the answers.” The Apple Campus on “Infinite Loop Drive” in Cupertino radiates innovation. So having lunch with a Spartan who is part…
By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. “Motherhood is.. the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won’t be needed in the long run.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver, Pigs In Heaven Robyn Ackerman wrote a great post this week about a certain group…
By Scott Westerman Our daily challenge is separating the wheat from the chaff. Deciding “What’s Important Now” can make all the difference. I received an email tonight from my friend Brian Willis. He teaches cops the things that they don’t teach at the academy. In his world, survival isn’t just…
By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. “If it is to be, it’s up to me” William H. Johnson With another crop of Spartans about to write the next chapter of their personal adventure story, it’s a good time to review the rules of engagement. It’s up…
By Scott Westerman “I Don’t Have A Single American Friend..” Tamerlan Tsarnaev – The Boston Marathon Bomber Listen to an audio version of this message. He stood in the corner of the room. The rest of the students were coalesced at it’s center, speaking an amalgam of heavily accented English that…
By Scott Westerman From a speech I gave to the Spartan Battalion ROTC graduating class on April 16, 2013. Listen to an audio version of this message. Thanks for the honor of spending time with the finest graduates of the best ROTC program in the nation. Normally my remarks are…
By Scott Westerman Scott’s Maxim: A fulling life is really a pretty simple proposition. Focus on a dream. Add value. And don’t stop working it until it comes true. Listen to an audio version of this message. During my years in academia, I gave an annual “Last Lecture” to graduating…
In every organization there is that one person who you can always count on to get the job done. Someone who isn’t afraid to tell you what you need to hear instead of what he thinks you might want to hear and does it in a calm, professional, empowering way.…
By Scott Westerman Scott’s Maxim – “It’s never too late to become the person you want to be.” Listen to an audio version of this message. I was sure this would be an uncomfortable lunch. Someone I had recently fired wanted to link up to talk. Rolling the scenario over…