by Dr. Michael Koku | Dec 8, 2025 | ATM - A Teaching Monday
“Learning without reflection is a waste. Reflection without learning is dangerous.” – Confucius. As the year 2025 draws to a close, many leaders are racing to finish strong—finalizing goals, racing to meet deadlines, and setting targets for 2026. But...
by Dr. Michael Koku | Dec 1, 2025 | ATM - A Teaching Monday
From Pain To Power: Leading with Purpose in a Pressure-Driven World “Adversity introduces a leader to themselves.” — Albert Einstein. Pressure. Every leader feels it. The weight of expectation. The demands of deadlines. The endless balancing act between vision and...
by Dr. Michael Koku | Nov 24, 2025 | ATM - A Teaching Monday
When The Leader’s Tank Is Empty: Finding Strength Before You Snap “You can’t pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first.” – Norm Kelly. Have you ever been driving on “E,” hoping to make it home before the car stops? It happened to me before only once and the...
by Dr. Michael Koku | Nov 17, 2025 | ATM - A Teaching Monday
Lost in Translation: When Leadership Speaks but No One Hears “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” — George Bernard Shaw. Have you ever said something clearly (at least in your mind) only for your team to completely...
by Dr. Michael Koku | Nov 11, 2025 | ATM - A Teaching Monday
The Disconnected Leader: Rebuilding Bridges Before They Burn “People don’t leave companies—they leave leaders who stop seeing them.” — John C. Maxwell. Have you ever worked for someone who seemed present but not connected? They showed up at every meeting, spoke...
by Dr. Michael Koku | Nov 3, 2025 | ATM - A Teaching Monday
“Look carefully at the closest associations in your life, for that is the direction you are heading.” – Kevin Eikenberry. John Maxwell’s quote from last week`s ATM hits deep: “Almost all our sorrows can be traced to relationships with the wrong people and our joys to...
by Dr. Michael Koku | Oct 27, 2025 | ATM - A Teaching Monday
“Almost all our sorrows can be traced to relationships with the wrong people and our joys to relationships with the right people.” – John Maxwell. In the 1950s and early ’60s, Johnny Cash was unstoppable — a country music legend in the making. Yet behind the fame was...
by Dr. Michael Koku | Oct 20, 2025 | ATM - A Teaching Monday
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” – Jim Rohn. Some relationships don’t break you overnight, they erode you slowly. They dim your light, distort your purpose, and drain your energy poco a poco (little by little) until you’re a...
by Dr. Michael Koku | Oct 13, 2025 | ATM - A Teaching Monday
“If you hang out with chickens, you’re going to cluck. If you hang out with eagles, you’re going to fly.” – Steve Maraboli. The Silent Saboteurs is a hard-hitting perspective on how negative or unaligned relationships quietly drain your energy, blur your vision, and...
by Dr. Michael Koku | Oct 6, 2025 | ATM - A Teaching Monday
“Getting older is automatic. Getting older is not getting better.” — John Maxwell. Emmanuel was born to a poor family in Caldwell, Idaho, and dropped out of College just after one year. He started working for Sears at age ninetee,n struggling through life with unmet...
by Dr. Michael Koku | Sep 29, 2025 | ATM - A Teaching Monday
“People who achieve their potential do so because they invest in themselves every day.” — John Maxwell. When Tammy graduated from college, she threw her cap in the air and declared something many of us have secretly thought: “I’m done learning!” (If life were a...
by Dr. Michael Koku | Sep 22, 2025 | ATM - A Teaching Monday
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” — Ernest Hemingway. Here’s the continuation of the powerful framework to help you center personal growth in your everyday life. We highlighted the first...
by Dr. Michael Koku | Sep 15, 2025 | ATM - A Teaching Monday
“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” — Abraham Maslow. Making personal growth a daily priority is like choosing to water your own roots every morning. It’s not...
by Dr. Michael Koku | Sep 8, 2025 | ATM - A Teaching Monday
“You can choose to live an extraordinary life today, or you can keep waiting for the perfect time.” — Scott Trench. It’s 1972 in Lancaster, Ohio. A young leader named John slides into a booth at the Holiday Inn, eyes bright, words racing. He’s pouring out big dreams...
by Dr. Michael Koku | Sep 1, 2025 | ATM - A Teaching Monday
“Growth doesn’t come from observation—it comes from participation.” — Isabell Bowling. Stacy and her 8-year-old, Angie, are glued to their books while her friend, Monica, and Monica`s daughter, Tina, were locked in a phone scrolling marathon. Monica finally asks,...
