Many of us are getting ready to plan for their Summer Vacations. Maybe you are taking the family to Disney World. You have worked on this vacation plan for weeks, even months. Taking it to the next level, you have planned the arrival time to the minute. Finally, you have selected the perfect hotel …
Leadership
Your customer just said “no” … now what?
Is it over? They said no, what else can you do? Whether you are a sales rep looking for an order, or a CEO trying to get company buy-in, when the target says no, it means you have not done your job. Think of it this way, as the great Zig Ziglar is quoted; "when they say NO, it means they do not KNOW …
Ready for the revolution?
While attending an event last week hosted by Automation Alley, a report was revealed discussing Industry 4.0. Industry experts, and seven leading academic institutions compiled this reveal. This report, nearly 100-pages of findings, discusses the critical areas of Industry 4.0. It is no surprise, …
Which one? Mentor, Coach, Trainer?
Coach, Mentor, Trainer You have read that you need a coach, or that you should find a mentor. Your boss may have told you to get some training. Feeling stuck in your career, or just life. Which one do you choose? What is the best way to find the answers? After all, finding answers is what you are …
Disagreeing with John Maxwell!
With a title like this, I better hit this blog out of the park! Disagreeing with a man that has written over 100 books on leadership takes a little guts, but I am pretty confident he will agree with my premise. Full transparency, I am a John Maxwell Certified Coach. I admire John as a mentor, a …
How to know if you are on the right track!
Should you get on this train or not? Do you know the general direction you are heading? When you plan for the future, at what point do you actually start moving towards it? Closer to, or farther from? If you wonder where the train metaphors are coming from, I just came back from a meeting in Europe. …
What is your filter?
Happy Wife, Happy Life - many of you have heard this simple phrase before. How many of you use this as a filter before you say yes to something? Think of it this way, you are asked to play cards tonight with the boys, do you automatically say yes? Or, do you run the question through this filter? If …
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 this! I want you to think about something for just a moment. If we are focusing so hard on our objective, how …
Can’t save em’ all
When do you give up? When is it okay to stop trying to help others, especially when they don't or won't, help themselves? How often do you run into a situation where common sense means nothing? Did Jack Welch's system of ranking employees A, B, or C, then getting rid of the C's offend …
Tips: Are you building fires? or putting them out?
It is the end of a very busy day. You are tired. In fact, you are exhausted. All day long you have moved from item to item on your task list. Things are being crossed off that long list. There is that wonderful pillow, as you lay down ... and a thought goes through your head: “Why am I so …