Intentional Leader with Cal Walters 134: Randy Gravitt — Winning at Home Without Losing at Work, Leading With Presence, and Why Hope Is Not a Strategy
Jan 16, 2026
Randy Gravitt, executive coach and author of Winning Begins at Home, guides leaders on leading with presence and a family-first strategy. He explores why being physically home is not the same as being present. Conversations cover rituals, phone boundaries, designing family systems like work systems, and why prioritizing home fuels better performance at work.
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Be Strategic At Home Like You Are At Work
- Leaders are strategic at work but often sporadic at home, treating family without the same intentional planning as business.
- Randy wrote Winning Begins at Home to give families a blueprint so home life is designed, not left to hope or chance.
Decide Your Priorities And Leave Work At Work
- Choose to live in the center of the tension between work and home and decide which seasons require extra work versus home focus.
- Leave work at work and be fully present at home to prevent seasons becoming lifelong patterns of regret.
NFL Coach Questioned Winning At Work Versus Family
- An NFL assistant coach asked if he could win a Super Bowl without blowing up his family after observing teammates' broken homes post-championship.
- Randy replied it's possible but requires organizational and personal decisions about seasons and long-term regret.
