How do you leverage trends in strategic marketing to take your business to the next level in 2021? This has been a challenging year for many businesses. Many of my smaller clients and family businesses have struggled. Many businesses had to change their go to market strategies to maintain and…
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Sheryl Sandberg Teaches Women Leaders How to Lean In
I wrote a blog several months about the changing role of women in leadership. Soon after, I got a copy of Lean In, Women, Work, and The Will to Lead, by Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook. I really respect the person who sent it to me, but I was…
Continue Reading....How Do You Become More Effective as an Entrepreneur?
How do you become a more effective entrepreneur? For many small and mid-market leaders, you have to do more with less while continuing to grow your businesses. So how do you become a more effective leader?
Continue Reading....How Do You Guide Others Through Changing Times?
How would you like a process that can help your people deal with changes faster and easier than you ever thought possible? What if the process not only opened you and your team to endless possibilities but also ensured faster buy-in from all the various stakeholders you impact. I’ve been…
Continue Reading....What Can Entrepreneurs Learn from Boston’s Everyday Heroes?
After the events in Boston last week and several calls from friends in the Boston area, I’m reminded again of how fragile our lives are. When you spend time around first responders, you learn how quickly things can change our lives. Over the years, I’ve had many friends in the…
Continue Reading....Remembering Jesus, My First Serving Leader
In my home, growing up, I met my first serving leader. I was introduced to him by my grandmother at a very early age and he has been with me ever since. He will never leave me. My life has been blessed by many serving leaders who have helped me…
Continue Reading....When Succession Planning Fails
Only 40% of privately held businesses have a succession plan in place for their organization. Only 55% of family owned businesses have a plan for their next generation of leadership. Over 70% of nonprofits do not have a successor for their original founder. Why does it seem so many organizations…
Continue Reading....Three Leadership Lessons from General Norman Schwarzkopf
When I was invited to work with the military after 9/11, the first person I called was my father. He had spent many years in the military and he understood the task ahead of me far better than I did. My exposure to the military came from history books and…
Continue Reading....Why Character Still Counts
Last week Zig Ziglar passed away at 86 years old. He was an incredible leader who walked his talk until the very end. Last week in this blog we talked about the seven traits of a serving leader. The foundational and final quality of a serving leader was cultivates character.…
Continue Reading....How to End Your Day on Time
How do you get the most out of your work day? I’ve worked with many leading executives and many of them say the hardest time of year for them is October and November. They have just gotten used to the long summer days and even when they get home at…
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