What should you expect from your advisors? How do they help you take your business and life to the next level? What experience do they need to ensure your businesses success? I was given an opportunity to spend time last week with an organization’s executive team and several people on…
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Can Coaching Create Stronger Organizations?
How do you build a high performing team? How do entrepreneurs leverage the strengths of their teams? How do you engage your team members at a higher level? As fast as things are changing, how can a leader keep up? I believe coaching can provide you and your organization a…
Continue Reading....Can Warren Buffett Teach You to Build a Great Business?
Berkshire Hathaway celebrated its 50th anniversary this past month! Congratulations to all the great people in the different businesses within this great organization. 50 years is an incredible milestone for any business. I’m sure this not the first article you’ve read celebrating their incredible growth and prosperity. I wondered: Can Warren Buffett…
Continue Reading....Why You Want Millennials on Your Leadership Team
How do you bring new talent into your organization? What’s the biggest challenge for leaders in almost all midmarket organizations? I find the biggest challenge is how entrepreneurs attract millennials to their organization. Don’t worry; I’ve got significant experience working with millennials both in high school and college. You’re going…
Continue Reading....What Can We Learn From Tim Cook’s CEO Succession Plan?
Earlier this week we talked about why Apple’s succession strategy worked. We shared that one of the traits of a successful successor is the leader must know where they are going and what key capabilities are required to help get them there. How Tim Cook began building his succession strategy.…
Continue Reading....How Deeper Listening Can Help You Build Trust Faster!
What’s the best way to connect on a deeper level? How can you create a connection that’s built on trust faster? Why is listening becoming a lost art? Earlier this week, I shared how you can help capture the world’s wisdom forever. Today, I remind you how to get better…
Continue Reading....Who’s the Most Interesting Investor in Silicon Valley?
How would you like to be the most influential person in one of the most interesting parts of the world? What would you do with your influence? How would you use your unique strengths to influence the world for the better? Who do you think is the most influential person…
Continue Reading....How Can Entrepreneurs Pick the Next Big Thing?
How do you pick the right people to help you expand, both personally and professionally? How do you advise the people close to you why you think they should get more involved in the next big thing? I’ve made my life riding the waves with many of the world’s most…
Continue Reading....How Serving Leaders Relieve Stress at Work
“Are you serious about doing business with me?” Diana was a real talent: a former Director of Development for another nonprofit organization who was working part-time these days while raising very young twins. We were lucky she was available. Our nonprofit organization had a lot of grant proposals to write…
Continue Reading....Leaders Are You Serving One or Many With Your Service?
How is your organization set up? Is it set up to serve the one, or the many? Today, we have people who are online with millions of followers. They have created great systems to make a living selling a small percentage of their followers their products and services. Are they serving…
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