Effective leadership is at the heart of every organization; it sets its tone and dictates its trajectory. With this in mind, business owners should strive to acquire the requisite leadership skills to successfully navigate the rollercoaster of running a company. If you lack leadership skills, it …
Leadership
Finding the perfect candidate
I hope you all enjoyed the Labor Day Weekend. I know we call it the unofficial end of summer, but I personally am not ready for what comes next! For those that don't know, I live in Michigan - our winters are sometimes 8 months long! At the end of a recently completed team building session, there …
Getting shafted by a client taught me a few lessons! Do you want to know?
I recently facilitated a workshop for an organization focusing on building a company culture. The exercise reminded me of a story of my own that helps reinforce why defining a culture is so important. I had been engaged with a client for quite some time. As a business coach, this was one of my …
Shiny object, squirrels, and Stephen Covey?
Are you the type that wants it now? You can't wait for Christmas morning, so you open just one on Christmas Eve? Maybe you're a live-for-the-moment or only live once type of person. Why delay gratification? If you would rather listen to the podcast version CLICK HERE or continue reading During …
Hit me with your best shot
The famous Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had an Intern working for him. On one random Thursday morning, Secretary Kissinger asks the Intern to write a position paper on a particular topic. If you would rather listen to a podcast version, CLICK HERE, otherwise continue reading The Intern is …
Tips: Investing your time
Today's blog is a story that I love. I've heard it from numerous people, but the one that tells it the best, is my favorite story-teller, Zig Ziglar. Zig Ziglar tells the story of Emmanuel Ninger. In 1887, Ninger walked into the local grocery store to buy turnip greens. He gave the clerk a …
Are your followers losing interest in your content?
You use spell check, Grammarly, and the best email marketing service. Unfortunately, your email subscriptions have dwindled each week. Your advertisements haven't been doing the trick lately. The offers and content are reasonable; why are they losing interest? Your problem may not be the offer or …
3-2-1 Grow
Most of us can't remember what we had for breakfast yesterday; how can we be expected to remember all our victories and challenges? So this week's blog is a short and simple exercise that I've used for years. I call it the 3-2-1 Grow Program. I usually do this on Saturday or Sunday morning, spending …
The 3-steps to any type of sale
In last week's blog "What type of Pencil do you use", we mentioned the sales process. To refresh your memory, we wrote: "Sales come to those that have something someone needed when they needed it. They offered value, a solution to a problem, a service that was missing. Success comes when you rinse …
Does your team remind you of a 5 year olds soccer team?
Johnny! Run a LAP! Somehow I was voluntold to become a soccer coach when my daughter was 5-years old. Mind you, I knew nothing about soccer having never played before. After going to the library and reading up a bit (yes, the library - Google had not yet been invented), I figured out the basics of …