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 …
Leadership
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 …
Purpose: A Bridge Between Dreams & Goals
Do you know your why? Are you committed to that why? What is making you move? Will that be enough to keep you moving? This weeks blog is very simple. In all goal setting & objectives systems, we talk about the BIG WHY! Every program you go through calls it something different. The key …
What type of pencil do you use?
When I say the word “it”, what do you think about? Does it make you feel a certain way? It is a simple word, carrying very little emotional meaning, am I right? Now, what happens if I use it with other words like; Cujo, Misery, and Carrie. Now “it” evokes horror, fear, and disturbing images of …
Tips: How to be a salesperson, NOT an account manager
As a CEO or business owner, you wonder why Sales are not increasing. You have spent money on Sales Training, hired account managers, and review the metrics weekly. What are you missing? One of my functions is to gather information to provide my principals with some level of market intelligence. …
What type of leader are you?
Are you are full of passion, your business has been growing in triple digits month over month, however you get the feeling that something is not right. Maybe you have built a great company, with high customer service, quality beyond reproach, yet your sales have plateaued. Or you take over a well …
Erosion, is it eating away your organization?
The World loses 1% of its topsoil per year thru erosion alone. Although there are some forms of renewal, the erosion is 10x’s faster than the natural replacement. Without proper attention, and a growing population, it is possible that there won’t be enough farmland in the future to feed the …
If I Had More Time …
If we had more time to do anything, what do you do with that time? What a great question to ponder. However pondering and pontificating are the opposite ends of the spectrum that I am pointing at. Lincoln’s greatest speech given was his Gettysburg address. It was a total of 272 words. Lincoln …
Black Monday
Yesterday was "Black Monday" in the NFL. It is called Black Monday, because it is the day of reckoning for poor performance. Or at least, performance that is just not good enough. As of Tuesday, there were 7 new job openings for Head Coach of an NFL Franchise. That may not sound like a lot, but …
What will you review?
This is the week between Christmas & New Year where we start to reflect and review your own performance. Thinking back over the year of what we did well, what could have been better, and what major lessons have we learned. Are we reviewing where we could be? Where we are? Or just how far we have …