Winter has settled in on my home in the mountains near Bailey, Colorado.

As someone who prefers driving well tuned performance vehicles, I have become quite versed in the art of tire selection.  Why? Because tires are one of the most important aspect of any vehicle’s safety and performance.  It is after all, where the rubber meets the road!

To have a car that performs at the highest possible level in summer means that when winter shows up, you need to make some changes.  Thinner oil, fresh antifreeze, windshield washer fluid that is not simply water and… winter tires!

I’ve spent my entire life in places where it can be over 100 degrees in summer and well below zero in winter.  I’ve never seen anyone walking around in Sorel snow boots in July and (almost) never see people stomping through three feet of fresh powder in flip flops!

On a snowy day in the mountain pass near my home, I’ll take a rear wheel drive sports car with snow tires over a Jeep Wrangler with summer tires.  Four spinning tires without traction just puts me in the ditch that much faster!

But you live in Dallas or Atlanta or Miami so what does this have to do with you?

Glad you asked.

Some many leaders end up in the ditch because they fail to see the changes in the seasons of their team, their product, their vision, their…. leadership!

You can have great vision, a great team, a great product but without traction, you’re going nowhere!