Recently my partner Al Levi and I joined The Sharpest Tool Podcast with Josh Smith (Watch Above) to talk about weathering the storm of COVID-19. In the last few days I know from being a business owner myself and the lessons that I learned and then working with lots of clients, I know that if [...]
My email box is overflowing with COVID-19 updates, resources, responses and even cures. Sigh. How the world has shifted. Still, I know like I know that while this pandemic is in many ways the worst of times, it will also usher in the best of times. Communities will bond together, virtually. Families [...]
How about buying a company as a way to grow yours? Even the smallest companies can use acquisition as a fast growth strategy. The biggest obstacle is getting your head around the concept. Mergers and acquisition are not only for big company players. Consider...that's how they got big! Bottom line: Acquisition is [...]
Tis the season for making promises and keeping them. And for cleaning up any communications that need some housekeeping. The Four Agreements is a powerful book by Don Miguel Ruiz. Here are the Four Agreements... Be impeccable with your word. Don’t take anything personally. Don’t make assumptions. Always do your best Let's [...]
Is a life coach a good financial move? YES...if! If the results outweigh the investment. If you are stuck...personally or in your business...coaching may be JUST what you need to break through to bigger and better results, aligned with your goals and dreams. What is a life coach? According to lifecoach.com, life [...]
First Day on the Job As an owner or manager, it helps to remember – or imagine – what it is like to be an employee. If we want to attract and develop great talent, let’s consider what can we do engage our new hires right from the start. What would [...]
Waaaaaay too often, I hear things like, "Kids today don't have any kind of work ethic." Or, "You can't find good people to hire." People are people, and old folks have been complaining about kids since Adam and Eve and Cain and Able. I believe that people are inherently good. To grow [...]
Greetings! A few years back, I discovered a cleaning contractor, Randy MacKenzie, who was teaching at a prison in Oklahoma. He was using my books as part of his curriculum. I paid him a visit to see what he was up to. To my surprise, the class was full of kind, polite, enthusiastic people, [...]
Tell me your story! Recently, I revisited a classic business book: The Leadership Engine by Noel M. Tichy. Worth reading and rereading! In it, Tichy shares clues as to what makes a great leader. Leaders, he found, develop more leaders. In this way, they create a company that can continue to win. Tichy says, [...]
The media is under attack. Is it deserved? Our freedom is dependent on a free press. It’s the Fourth Estate. From Merriam – Webster: The term fourth estate has been around for centuries. In Europe, going back to medieval times, the people who participated in the political life of a country were generally divided into [...]
