Cima Strategic

🎉 Happy New Year! Welcome to 2026.

This year, let’s make space for what truly matters: leading with intention, growing with integrity, and creating lasting impact. In 2025, we walked alongside leaders seeking clarity, stronger teams, and purpose beyond profit — and in 2026, we’re going even further.
May this new year inspire you to lead with purpose, decide with principle, and build meaningful impact.

🚀 Here’s to new goals, bold decisions, and greater possibilities.

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 🌱

Hiring isn’t just about skills—it’s about finding those who share your values, virtues, and purpose.

💼 In Business:
Go beyond technical questions. Ask about principles, character, and alignment with your company’s “why.”

🌍 In Life:
Surround yourself with friends, mentors, and partners who believe in your mission and help you move it forward.

Because the right mission needs the right people.
👉 Want to learn how to bring this into your business?

Subscribe to my weekly HTA Newsletter (Hiring, Training & Accountability) and get practical insights to implement it. https://www.linkedin.com/in/authenticleadership/

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻—it's earned through training🌱

Too often, training is reduced to checklists and technical skills. But if you want to build something that lasts, you need more than that.

💼 In Business:
Training should help your team make principled decisions, strengthen character, and understand how their daily work connects to the larger mission.

🌍 In Life:
Growth starts with you. Reading, learning, and practicing habits like prudence, courage, and self-discipline help you clarify your mission and live it more consistently.

Because training isn’t just about performance—it’s about forming people who carry the mission forward.

👉 Want to learn how to apply this in your organization?

Subscribe to the weekly HTA for Mission & Traction Newsletter (Hiring, Training & Accountability) and get practical strategies to make it happen. https://www.linkedin.com/in/authenticleadership/

"𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀."

At the Acton Institute conference, I met Matt—one of the most fascinating leaders I’ve come across. He runs a faith-driven water company serving rural markets in some of the most economically challenging regions of Sub-Saharan Africa.

From designing new technologies, running a hybrid non-profit/for-profit model, to rallying donors and investors across the globe—his work is a masterclass in vision, grit, and impact.

Conversations like this remind me why I practice the habit of choosing the seat next to someone I don’t know. You never know where it will lead.

How do you integrate faith & work to lead a truly integrated life? 🌱

Just like plants need sunlight, water, and soil to grow, you need three essential ingredients:
1️⃣ A Mission — your “why”
2️⃣ Real Traction — your “what”
3️⃣ A Community of Support — your “who”

When these three ingredients come together, you gain clarity, make progress, and find the support to sustain it.

👉 How do you integrate faith & work to lead a truly integrated enterprise? 🌱

Stay tuned—the next post in this series will show you the first step to lead an 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚: Hiring for Mission.

𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽

Greatness isn’t random — it’s built.
Explore the four timeless architectures that shape who we are and how we lead: Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.

Understanding your dominant “architecture” isn’t about putting yourself in a box — it’s about unlocking self-awareness, appreciating the diversity of others, and leading with greater purpose.

🔑 Know yourself. Grow yourself. Lead yourself.

💬 Read more in the first comment.

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲.

It is a narrative—woven into your experiences, relationships, talents, and even your challenges.

Take a pause today and reflect:
- Who has influenced you most profoundly?
- What moments reshaped your sense of purpose?
- Where do you feel called to bring growth or healing?
- Your purpose is not invented—it is discovered.

👉 Read more in this week’s article (link in the first comment).

✨ 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱. 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹, 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱.

But true accountability goes deeper—it forms character, shapes identity, and draws out greatness from within. 💡

When leaders embrace accountability as a gift, check-ins become trust, reviews become growth, and performance turns into purpose.
Are you leading with accountability that lifts others higher? 🚀

👉 If you want to dive deeper, the link to the article is in the first comment.