The Kole Hard Facts
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Below you can find select blogs and articles from the past. New content is published every Tuesday and Thursday on Substack, where you can subscribe. The blog focuses on leadership, sales, marketing, building teams, and organizational culture.
Avoiding Corporate Blight
We recognize the word ghetto as a slum area in a city. There are white, black, brown, and yellow ghettos all over the world. That is not a debatable point, or the reason for this article. There are many causes ...
Eating Soup With a Fork!
FOCUS … Keep your eye on the ball, target marketing, niche, dig an inch wide and a mile deep. I am sure you have heard one or more of these phrases in the past. I’m here to call BS to ...
Live2Lead – Belleville, MI 2017
This is just a short announcement that Live2Lead, will be simulcast here in Belleville, MI on October 6, 2017. John Maxwell, Dave Ramsey, Warrick Dunn, and Cheryl Bachelder will be speaking live, and we will be simulcasting this from a ...
The Millennial Doctrine
As I walk into most meetings now days, these are the words that I hate to hear the most. Looking over their to-do lists, I watch colleagues preparing their excuses. Each of them start with “I was gonna get this ...
How to add significant value to you …
In the Law of Addition, John Maxwell challenges us to add value in others. In order to be a good leader, it is what needs to be done. We add value, connect, and build our teams & inner circles. John is ...
Half a Dome Maybe, Full Integrity Absolutely
Majestic is the first word that came to mind as we pulled over to take our first pictures at Yosemite National Park. Traveling with great friends who were our tour guides for the weekend, made it even more special. This ...
Five Why’s of Leadership
As I was hiking through the National Park in Belgium last Spring, I stopped to take this picture. Holding my phone ever so carefully, I wanted to capture the frost that remained in the shade, and the coming morning suns ...
The ABC’s of Goal Setting
Here is a quick tip on how not to set goals. Do not use the ABC Method. A – verage B – elief C – an D – estroy E – very F – uture G – oal We are ...
Good Leaders Let You Dream!
You just woke up to an epiphany! The problem has been solved! Pulling out the notebook you keep at the side of the bed, you write down exactly what you are going to do in the morning to resolve this ...