ORIGINS OF ROOTSTOCKPrior to starting Rootstock, I spent twenty years in sales and marketing leadership. In that time, I suffered greatly under bad leadership and caused others to suffer through my own.
The turning point was a brutal 360 feedback process. I looked in the mirror and finally saw the bad leader I really was. Then I went through a leadership development course that changed my life, and I decided to give the world a version of what changed me.
I founded Rootstock in 2019 out of pain and passion, to offer the world a human-rooted way to lead. Since then, my team and I have joyfully impacted thousands of leaders.
WHAT I DOA trusted advisor to leaders, I care deeply about restoring the value of humans in the workplace. My work is dedicated to creating transformational experiences, developing tools, and sharing ideas that help leaders build legacy organizations.
I am the author of the Human-Rooted Leadership trilogy, a series of business fables created to share the tools and resources of the Human-Rooted Leadership approach. Each book brings the framework to life through story and equips leaders with practical ways to apply it. Rebels and Tribes helps leaders turn team dysfunction into a human-rooted culture, Unmarked Trail helps them turn great talent into great leadership, and The Greater Work guides them in turning success into legacy.
BEYOND THE WORKI have also led Christian global missions and relief work throughout my adult life. I live in Chicagoland with my wife Mayya, my son Josh, my daughter Eliana, and our grand-doggy, Tyson.
