The Astronaut Test

be likeable in astronaut test

There is something incredible about NASA’s selection process. I believe you’d want to take it to your team, your company and your life.

Your Important Duty

Story telling is an important part of a talk

The empowering context speaks to the purpose and is accessed most successfully through powerful storytelling.

As a Leader This is More Important Now Than Ever Before

Neil Armstrong steps from the LEM

    Neil Armstrong’s birthday was August 5th and it got me thinking about one of my favorite stories of all time. It’s a story about President John F. Kennedy. After he had declared we were going to go to the Moon, John F Kennedy visited NASA for the first time, in 1961. He saw […]

Blowing It UP with Navy Special Operations, EOD

John Bates at NAB Coronado

  I recently relearned a lesson I find myself teaching quite often. It was humbling. It was an excellent reminder. And, it brought me back in touch with something I want to share with you. I had the privilege to support and train Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Group One at Naval Amphibious Base (NAB) […]