by admin | Jun 25, 2019 | Coaching, Leadership, Success
https://youtu.be/mlKKAyEHIkwEarlier this month my family and I had a fantastic vacation in Colorado. It’s one of the most beautiful places on earth. But we were a little disappointed with the weather. They were still experiencing a late winter. In fact, we...
by admin | Jun 18, 2019 | Leadership, Strategy, Success
I was having dinner with a friend Lee Lingo, Director of Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) and I used the oft-quoted statement “a rising tide lifts all boats”. Lee pointed out an objection to that and offered a slight correction. He said,...
by admin | Jun 11, 2019 | Coaching, Success
When I speak to business owners or VPs of Sales and/or Marketing, our conversations almost always lead to a discussion about their sales and marketing strategies. Often, I find them (especially owners of small businesses), are focusing their strategies in only one...
by admin | Jun 4, 2019 | Leadership, Success
Employee engagement is a popular topic these days. And for good reason. Employee engagement has been staggeringly low for many years (although there has been some improvement in it lately). I will talk about employee engagement in a future blog, but this post...
by admin | May 28, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, Success
Zig Ziglar is quoted as saying “Failure is the line of least persistence”. I believe that is a challenging statement that rings of a great deal of truth. But as my friend Bruce Hinson of Obedient Photography likes to say, “QUITTING is the line of...
by admin | May 23, 2019 | Training, Video
Counselor, Coach or Consultant. What am I? A little bit of all, actually. Here’s a brief explanation. For more information, email me at...
by admin | May 21, 2019 | Coaching, Success
There are three ways to learn from mistakes. The best and easiest way is to learn from other’s mistakes. The second is to learn from our own mistakes. And the most painful way is to not learn from our mistakes. And, of course, the irony is that we all we...
by admin | May 14, 2019 | Coaching, Entrepreneurship, Success
After working with businesses of all shapes and sizes, I have come to the conclusion that there are five over-arching questions that can dictate whether your business will be successful or not. If an owner can clearly articulate the answer to these five questions,...
by admin | May 7, 2019 | Leadership, Success
I remember a definition I once heard of auditors. It was said that they came in after the battle and shoot the wounded. (My apologies to all of the auditors out there.) Recently the term came up again. It was used in terms of a leader that comes in after the fact...
by admin | Apr 30, 2019 | Coaching, Strategy, Success
The topic of succession planning comes up in many of my conversations with business owners. We are in the midst of the largest transfer of wealth the world has ever seen. Much of this wealth is in the form of businesses. Companies that have been formed by the...
by admin | Apr 23, 2019 | Coaching, Leadership
Most teams have some forms of conflict in them. It’s just a fact of life. Where people are involved, there will be some conflict. Whether it’s egos, conflicting personalities or competition, something will get in the way of productivity. The idea of...
by admin | Apr 16, 2019 | Coaching, Success, Training
Effective training can be the lifeblood of an organization. By training and developing your team members, you can drive greater success, increase accountability and build a stronger organization for the future. However, most companies do training wrong. I...
