Sharing great stories from childhood and school experiences, community and church activities, athletic success, and twenty years of professional achievements and failures, Richard addresses challenges that demands proven leadership skills. Understanding the impact, Richard has created what he calls a GPS guide for building successful teams. Richard introduces leadership soft skills to enable coaches, pastors, teachers, entrepreneurs, youth leaders, and managers to develop collective success. With so many distractions around us, FRUSTRATION can easily consume us, thereby, distracting from the objective of leading winning teams. The Mike Method (TMM) translates the FRUSTRATION into actionable solutions. By introducing common "F" words; to include Foundation, Focus, Fundamentals, and Follow Through. The list goes on where the reader can explore these powerful attributes of leadership when faced with a wall of frustration. Richard's writing is authentic. His methodology is based on personal experiences and people survey sampling. To those readers that have a desire to derive improved effectiveness as a leader, this is a must-read GPS guide. The Mike Method simplifies the thinking that grows winning teams!