Leadership GEMS

The monthly no-commitment “book club” for leaders who don’t have time to read

You’ve Never Been to a Book Club Like This! 

In 2026, every monthly GEMS session will explore a leadership skill or model grounded in gratitude, with a side of AI to accelerate learning.

In GEMS, we’ll explore:

• What ONE leadership skill do you need for 2026, and how will you get there

• What your Gratitude Gap is and how to close it

You’ll walk away with:

 ✔️ A clear outline of your leadership skill-building goals

✔️ A plan for strengthening your leadership foundation

✔️ Techniques that make 2026 a successful, intentional year

✔️ Leadership skills paired with AI to augment your growth

Books are involved, but you don’t need to read or listen to the book to attend. In fact, it might be better if you don’t! 

I do the reading for you!

Imagine getting the gold and hidden gems from all the greatest leadership books, without having to read them!? 

Join me in my monthly Leadership Gems for an interactive summary of the best leadership books and the highlights on how to implement them right away. Each month, we dive into a theme and one book, either a current best seller or a classic, and I’ll share with you the best of the best parts so you can save time, learn, and apply the lessons and insights.  In addition to each book’s focus area, I’ll show you how that skill is related to gratitude and how to pair that skill and gratitude.

The gems that’ll transform your leadership!
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Upcoming Schedule for 2026:

January 16th:  Three Truths and Two Myths about Gratitude and Leadership.  Once you are aware of these, you can’t unsee them.   It’s the start of building a stronger foundation of gratitude.

February 20th: Overcoming the Invisible Performance Differentiator

March 20th: How to use the Science of Gratitude for Improved Performance

April 17th:  The Human Advantage, What Leaders Need Now

May 15th: Mapping Your Skills and Leadership Model onto Gratitude

June 19th: Making the Invisible Visible, The Paradox and Challenge

July 17th: Overcoming the Dark Side of Gratitude

August 21st: Leveraging Movies and TV Shows for Your Leadership Success

September 18th: Living and Overcoming Ours and Theirs Toxic Positivity and Negative Bias

October 16th: Top Challenges to Greater Performance: Forcing, Faking, Translation Errors

November 20th: Creating a Gratitude Mindset

December 18th: Living Gratitude:  How to Create Realistic Goals and Plans

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What you’ll get when you sign up:

  • Access to Monthly Leadership GEMS LIVE, third Friday of each month at 12pm (ET) 
  • Leadership  and Gratitude Resources: 
      • Leadership Doing and Being Worksheet
      • Leadership Communication Analysis Worksheet
      • Leadership Branding workbook to identify and build more authentically
  • Gratitude
      • Developing a corporate culture of gratitude paper (23-page paper)
      • 12 Ideas to create your Gratitude Practice Booklet
      • Analysis and templates to create a gratitude practice.
      • Leadership Gratitude Journal, 52 weeks
  • Recording available of past GEMS on request, started in January 2023
  • Pre- and Post-questions

    Leadership Gems is designed to support accelerated learning to transform your leadership and life. I read over 100 books on Kindle yearly, plus many more as physical books. The trick is to find the gems. Let me help you find them! I’ve been coaching leaders for over 15 years and know what books and gems have transformed their careers and I can’t wait to share them with you! 

    Third Friday of the Month, at noon ET,

     2025 Dates: Jan 17th, Feb 21st, Mar 21st, Apr 18th, May 16th, Jun 20th