Entrepreneurs, Iāve got good news and Iāve got bad news. You are great at starting and growing businesses. You are full of energy and ideas. You make things happen. Thatās 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
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 āHint and Hopeā that their employees will eventually get … Continue Reading
Lessons From the Brexit
What can we learn from the potential Brexit (Britainās 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
Diets, Leadership and New Year’s Resolutions: 8 Leadership Basics
The number and variety of diet books being published each year constantly amazes me. I am sure 2016 will be no exception. Can there really be so much new and original thought out there to justify both the publishing and purchasing of all these titles? We spend millions. Most of it wasted. A recent search … Continue Reading
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
Let’s Cut Jeb Bush Some Slack
If you watched the most recent Republican debate, or any of the past three for that matter, youāve 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
How the USWNT Could Benefit from Clearly Defined Expectations
In case you were unaware, the US Womenās National Soccer Team is currently playing in the FIFA Womenās World Cup in Canada. Thus far the US managed to make it out of the so called āgroup of deathā and past the Round of 16 to move into the quarterfinals. The Stars and Stripes are currently … Continue Reading
Seizing Opportunity… and a Triple Crown
For those of you that watched the Belmont Stakes over the weekend, you were privileged enough to see history being made, in more ways than one. Yes, American Pharaoh won the Triple Crown, only the 12th horse to do so, but history was also made for racing sports marketing. As Victor Espinoza was hoisted up … Continue Reading
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. Thatās 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