How can you create your destiny? How do you live an inspired life? How do you do the things that only you can do to help change the world? For many founding entrepreneurs selling their businesses or bringing in new leadership struggle to reconnect with the strengths, gifts, and life experiences…
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How Can Entrepreneurs Create Their Second Acts?
How do you create the future you want? As your business grows and transforms, you find new challenges to deal with. Many leaders struggle with their futures. For the serving leader, it is critical to get beyond the day to day activities and begin to develop your plans for the…
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....How to Lead Like Prime Minister Thatcher
On Monday, April 8, 2013, we lost a truly remarkable lady and leader. Before there was Condi or Hillary, there was a woman who could stand up to men and lead their country to greatness. To paraphrase Churchill, I would say Prime Minister Thatcher was a riddle wrapped in a…
Continue Reading....Are You A Purpose Driven Entrepreneur?
Why do so few entrepreneurs reach financial independence? I believe it’s because many entrepreneurs are willing to settle for less. They build an organization that will not grow without their involvement. Previously, we talked about the first three reasons why entrepreneurs start their businesses. To build an organization that people…
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....What Today’s Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Washington
George Washington led our country well over 220 years ago. How would he deal with the challenges facing purpose driven entrepreneurs today? What can we learn from this revolutionary leader? The first lesson George Washington might teach us is that it’s better to dodge a bullet than take one. As…
Continue Reading....How Do You Hire Your Next Sales Superstar?
How do you hire the right sales professional? This is the most popular question I get asked by business leaders. Over 70% of all business leaders believe they have hired the wrong sales professional in their career as a leader. Hiring the right sales professional can make a huge difference…
Continue Reading....Let’s Start Our Future Today
We have several celebrations going on today in the United States. We are celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and leadership. We are also watching President Obama’s second Presidential Inauguration. For us in this country, we take for granted the peaceful transfer of power for our presidents and government.…
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…
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