How do you expect to finish if you never start?
Many organizations do well when they are small, tight-nit groups. When this is the case, the owner typically has a small group of people that are trusted and will go above and beyond their duties that they are monetarily compensated for. In return for the additional work, time, and overall effort that is put in by the employees, the employer… Continue reading Full Transparency
Many early leaders of this country had strong religious views and convictions that drove them in their daily lives. Men like George Washington were described as deeply pious. And they had to be. They were creating a new country from scratch and they needed to stand firm in their views to gain support for the cause. Had they been wavering… Continue reading Please everyone
One of the hardest things to ‘get’ today in business is a great culture. Culture is something that can be incredibly powerful & pull a business through rough times even when good processes or even people aren’t in the right positions. When a great culture is present, we can feel it in the walls and we can smell it in… Continue reading Actions Speak Louder than Words – How culture can make or break a company
When faced with choices, there are the safe ones and there are the best ones and they are rarely the same thing. In sports we have a popular saying: “You play to win. You don’t play NOT to lose.” When we play “not to lose” we are making timid choices. We coach scared, we play scared, we don’t take risks with… Continue reading Play to Win
I have purposely avoided reading “How to win friends & influence people” even though it has been recommended to me for years by a number of different people. The book itself seems to be a good literary work and I will, at some point, read it and more than likely take a great deal of knowledge from it. However, I… Continue reading Influence, don’t manipulate
The only way to be successful is to help others reach their goals. The key to success isn’t necessarily having a master’s degree or networking with the right people, the secret is helping those around us accomplish what they have set out to do. If we’re selfish and it’s all about us, people can see right through that agenda and… Continue reading Key to Success
Sometimes the most important thing a leader can do is follow. I write a lot about leadership and what it means to be a great leader, but some of the most pivotal moments that define us require that we take a back seat to someone else and learn to follow. There are often times when we simply do not have… Continue reading Learn to follow
The easiest thing we can do is scrutinize someone’s work: hindsight is always twenty-twenty. After someone has shipped their product/masterpiece/idea we too often come behind them and tell them what they did wrong. Yes it is difficult to have foresight and see what issues may arise and what imperfections are visible, however it is even harder to ship. Too often… Continue reading Twenty-twenty