Entrepreneur

The Entrepreneurial Catch 22

Entrepreneurs, Iā€™ve got good news and Iā€™ve got bad news. You are great at starting and growing businesses. You are full of energy and ideas. You make things happen. Thatā€™s the good news. Because you are great at solving problems, are quick with your decisions, are great at firefighting, you, knowingly or unknowingly, make yourself … Continue Reading

Difficult Conversations Managers

7 Reasons Your Managers Aren’t Having Tough Conversations

Have you noticed that your managers are reluctant to have those tough, but necessary, conversations with their employees? When those conversations are had, do they tend not to be as direct as they could be? Do the employees not hear what was intended? Do managers simply ā€œHint and Hopeā€ that their employees will eventually get … Continue Reading

Management Lessons from Brexit

Lessons From the Brexit

What can we learn from the potential Brexit (Britainā€™s exit from the EU) on creating and improving High Performing Teams? Values and Beliefs must match. Margaret Thatcher knew the EU was doomed from the beginning because the beliefs and values among the members were just too different. Things were great for a long time, but … Continue Reading

DISC Styles

Holiday Party Styles

As we all head off to various parties in these last few weeks of the holiday season, here are some quick tips for determining the behavioral style of your fellow party goers based on their drink of choice. Try your hand at identifying as many people’s style as possible. It’s a great game to play … Continue Reading

DISC Styles in Politics

Let’s Cut Jeb Bush Some Slack

If you watched the most recent Republican debate, or any of the past three for that matter, youā€™ve seen Jeb Bush have some not so fine moments. In the most recent debate, his one would-be zinger, aimed at Marco Rubio, was turned right back against him. Rubio got all the applause and Jeb was, once … Continue Reading

TTI Success Insights

TTI Success Insights Wins First Place at LEAD 500

We are extremely proud and excited to announce that the assessment company that we work with, TTI Success Insights has won first place in the LEAD 500 competition. TTI is constantly innovating and improving their assessments and the world is starting to notice. Read the following press release to learn more about the award and … Continue Reading

March Madness

Every year when the NCAA Tournament rolls around, one thing becomes very clear: no matter what seed you are coming into the tournament, you can write your own story. Thatā€™s why they call it March Madness after all. And this year has been no exception. The first round was full of upsets the most drastic … Continue Reading