by admin | Sep 10, 2019 | Coaching, Leadership
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is an incredibly important concept. Research now suggests that your EQ has more to do with your success in life than your IQ. That might scare you. But it shouldn’t. The great thing about EQ is that it CAN BE LEARNED. So take the...
by admin | Sep 3, 2019 | Coaching, Success
Uncertainty is one of the biggest challenges to success for all entrepreneurs. Many of the entrepreneurs I know are struggling to figure out their business. They may have a great idea, but don’t know how to take it to market. They may have a great market but...
by admin | Aug 27, 2019 | Coaching, Success
Adam Braun, the founder of Pencils of Promise, says “Your self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends”. (Source H3 Leadership, Brad Lomenick). Self-discovery is scary. Self-discovery can be very humbling. Furthermore, self-discovery is not an...
by admin | Aug 20, 2019 | Coaching, Entrepreneurship, Success
In his book “The Will to Win”, Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec gives us the formula for the mindset needed to achieve success. He calls it the “Three Ds”, Determination, Dedication and Drive. If you examine the characteristics of almost...
by admin | Aug 13, 2019 | Business Growth, Strategy, Success
Well, the second half is here. Many business owners are evaluating how they are doing with their goals for the year. (Actually, all business owners should be doing this, but some are not). Many businesses are doing fine. I was talking with some business partners...
by admin | Aug 6, 2019 | Coaching, Leadership, Strategy, Success
What can you learn from a whitewater expedition? Much, I say. I was reminded of this as I was listening to the Joshua Gagnon podcast and the leadership team was recounting stories from a teambuilding canoe trip their church leaders had taken. As I was listening to...
by admin | Jul 30, 2019 | Coaching, Leadership, Success
Motivation and inspiration are both important, but they’re also very different. Motivation often feels like someone is pushing you. Inspirational leaders help you find more of the good inside you. Motivational leaders encourage you to press ahead. Inspirational...
by admin | Jul 23, 2019 | Coaching, Entrepreneurship, Success
Everyone knows Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod) is a great baseball player. He ranks among the top of all offensive categories. In fact, he ranks 5th all-time in Home Runs! That’s very impressive. Do you know what list he ranks even higher on? Strikeouts. Yes,...
by admin | Jul 20, 2019 | Coaching, Leadership
Dysfunctional organizations may seem the norm more than the exception. In this video I describe a situation with one of my clients. I was asked to assess the organization and help work through some issues they were having. I conducted an organizational assessment,...
by admin | Jul 16, 2019 | Coaching, Leadership
Early in my career, I thought that the smartest, brightest people were always in charge. I was fortunate to work for some real solid leaders who “knew their stuff”. And in that era, in the Information Services industry (as it was called then), technical...
by admin | Jul 9, 2019 | Coaching, Success
A little over one year ago I launched my business coaching and training practice. I felt that I was finally responding to a calling that had been tugging at me for years. Listening to my calling gave me new hope, new energy and a sense of finally doing what I had...
by admin | Jul 2, 2019 | Leadership, Strategy, Success
In today’s global marketplace, products & services, business plans & models, technologies are easily replicable so not too much is very unique – for very long. If you want to stand out amongst your competition you must replicate the one thing that your...
