As we start the new year, many companies are working on setting goals. I often work with clients on this. Often these goals are around profit numbers or achieving a certain amount of sales. But as I have been working with a number of companies that are looking to takeRead More →
Successful leaders take accountability for their actions. They don’t play the blame game. But if you have lived and operated in corporate life at all, you know the blame game is alive and well in most organizations. This starts from the top down. As the leader of a great organization,Read More →
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, Rodriguez actually ranks 4th on the all-timeRead More →
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, “a rising tide lifts all SEAWORTHY boats”. LikeRead More →
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 least persistence”. That’s a greatRead More →
Someone once said “Integrity isn’t a value in an of itself, but it is a value that guarantees all the other values”. I believe that is quite true. In this installment of the “quality of a leader” series, we will examine the idea of integrity. And for simplicity, I willRead More →
Up until now, we have reviewed four traps that are common in nearly every business. The first two capture you in start-up phase. The third and fourth traps are only encountered when a company encounters some level of success. The fifth trap of a company or organization is the declineRead More →
One of the biggest frustrations of many business owners is the fact that they are not growing. When I ask them more about their business, I often find a business owner that is unwilling to take risks. Taking risks is risky (brilliant, I know). When we take risks, we’ll sometimesRead More →
The proverb goes like this. Two men, a wise man and a fool, were caught in the forest during a stormy night. When lightning struck, during that brief moment of illumination, the fool looks up at the sky and admires the lightning. But the wise man uses the illumination toRead More →