Why subscribe?
After years of coaching leaders, building performance frameworks, and helping organizations strengthen their leadership pipelines, I kept seeing the same pattern: we promote people into leadership and then hope they figure it out under pressure.
The Ready Set exists to flip that model.
Every week I publish an article grounded in a behavioral model built on 15+ years of observational data, real leadership situations, challenges, and dynamics examined through the lens of the behaviors that actually determine whether a leader builds trust, creates clarity, and sustains performance over time. Not theory. Not recycled advice. The stuff that shows up in the room when things get hard.
The content is designed for leaders who want to grow before the next promotion, not after. Whether you’re an aspiring leader, a new leader, or someone building a stronger pipeline on your team, this is built for you.
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Free subscribers receive weekly articles, access to the full archive, and The Ready Set Notes feed between issues. In addition, you’ll also receive:
An online course on the Ready Set Predictive Behaviors
An interactive executive summary of The Ready Set
Paid subscribers get everything above plus:
KLIR Diagnostic — a personalized behavioral assessment across all ten Ready Set behaviors, with scores, leadership archetype, paradox analysis, and a prioritized development guide. Quarterly rechecks included.
AI Ready Set Coach — an AI coaching tool built on The Ready Set model to work through your results and real leadership situations.
The Ready Set Course Suite — full access to behavior-specific online courses as they build out, included with membership at no additional cost.
LeadView at Level 360 (Annual subscribers only) — a full 360-style assessment from peers and direct reports mapped to the ten behaviors. Once per year.
My goal is simple: help people become leaders long before they’re given the title. Because readiness shouldn’t be reactive. It should be intentional, proactive, and built from any seat in the organization.
Thank you to everyone who has supported this journey — clients, colleagues, mentors, friends, and the leaders who trusted me with their development. This content exists because of the work we’ve done together.
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