DISC – Yellowstone Style
2022-11-07
In honor of the season 5 launch of Yellowstone this week, I thought it would be fun to look at the DISC behavior profile through the lens of this popular series’ characters. Who is a D, I, S or C?
What people are looking for
2020-08-04
What are you looking for? Professionally? Personally? I heard once that there are three things that drive a person to a higher level of performance. These are three things that every person is looking for, whether they are aware of it or not. What are people looking for? The threeRead More →
Now is the Time For Strong Leadership
2020-03-18
We are in unique and unsettling times. And while the COVID-19 Pandemic creates unique challenges for business owners, we can learn from past challenges. Now is the time for strong leadership. Your employees are looking to you for it. So are your customers and other business partners. I’m taking aRead More →
This Year, Create a Culture of Accountability
2020-01-14
It’s goal-setting time, and many of my clients are still working on finalizing their goals for the year. As I mentioned last week, many of these goals are tied to financial goals for the organization. (And I agree that these are critical). However I am featuring some non-traditional ideas forRead More →
This Year, Build resilience in your organization
2020-01-07
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 →
Don’t Play the Blame Game
2019-12-02
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 →
Be a Better Listener – Squint With Your Ears
2019-09-24
Listening is an art. Some are good at it. A few are great at it. Most are not. Almost all wives will say their husbands don’t listen well. And survey after survey of employees say that their leadership does not listen to them. Listening is one of the keys toRead More →
Quality of a Leader – Be real, not right
2019-07-16
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 know-how was of paramount importance. ButRead More →
Employee Engagement is your SECRET WEAPON!
2019-07-02
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 competitors don’t have. That is your team. AndRead More →
Want Great Teamwork? Learn from the Aspens
2019-06-25
https://youtu.be/mlKKAyEHIkw Earlier 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 had snow one day, in June! Because ofRead More →