I’m glad this post’s title got your attention. I’m sure it has something to do with timing (November 2nd, 2020), but hey, I’ll take it. What’s a pressure point? A place on the body (an individual or organizational body or society for that matter) that can be pressed to stop tension, pain or bleeding. How […]
Fly 1 Segment, Earn Companion Pass Today only you can register for SWA’s companion pass promo, book a flight today, and fly by 11/15 to receive a companion pass for January-February 2021. I know you can throw rocks at what I’m about to type, but this is an example of being successful, but not satisfied. […]
It’s the name of the monthly, 30 minute webinar on the 2nd Friday of each month beginning Friday, May 8th. You can spend years, like a sculptor, chipping-away at achieving excellence on your own or I can share the ‘mold’ with you to achieve it quickly… We’ll use a recent LinkedIn post I wrote that […]
One irony/observation is that when things are going well, people aren’t as open to being great men and women and building great organizations or as likely to notice greatness in others as when things are tough… So what? How do you act on this insight? Stay focused on long-term decision making and help your clients do the […]
I recently read an article by Henry DeVries on 2020 Marketing Trends and here is the second of my two opinions on these trends. Clients want 1. you as a leader with high integrity and 2. YOUR clients to help them be great. CLIENTS WANT YOUR CLIENTS TO HELP THEM BE GREAT Clients crave community […]
LOW STRATEGY, LOW CULTURE Can a company start in the lower left quadrant? No. But companies can fall there and disappear. If you’re in the upper left quadrant (low strategy, high culture) or lower right (high strategy, low culture), your organization is exposed to unnecessary risk. You’re just a step away from low strategy, low […]
When we were children, we accepted what adults said as true until about age 8. Then, we started asking a powerful question – WHY? The answer to WHY is the process or science behind what we believe. For example, when someone asks us what we believe leadership is, everyone has an answer, but what’s behind […]
I recently read a Linked-In post on how to earn trust by a healthcare executive, Kyle Majchrowski, through his experience hiring contractors for construction projects through a competitive proposal and interview process. During this process, everyone shares their success stories to earn trust, to win the project, and it works, unless everyone else shares their success […]
Summer is almost over, and if you have school-age children or team members that do, you know there are unavoidable distractions to the work day unique to summer. For example, your child calls you from home to report how unfairly they were just treated by a sibling, and suggest what consequences should befall them. We […]
Have you ever lost a key team member, a business opportunity or not been paid by a client? I call these moments – that create anger, hurt, and frustration ‘defining moments’. In other words, how we respond when things don’t go our way defines WHO we really are, and distinguishes us from our competition. In […]
