For a long time, I’ve been publishing new content every week … a quotation on Monday morning and a new blog post on both Wednesday and Friday.With the New Year, I decided to move in a slightly different direction. You’ll...

Completing your 2016 plan does not mean you're finished. I t means you're just beginning and if you don't keep it alive, it will be DOA.In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is...

Your Leadership Team is the linchpin of your success as well as your organization's. H ave you taken a close look at the strengths of your Leadership Team? If there are gaps, what are you doing about it?Thermopylae.Little Big Horn.Vicksburg.The...

Happy New Year, my friends. L et's see what we can accomplish together in 2016!Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. ~ Oscar WildeThe New Year is always a great time for renewal and for a fresh start … but don’t...

It's easy to get stuck trying to find our way out of the wilderness every day. T ry this approach to gain perspective and think more strategically.They say more than a million drones were sold over the Christmas holiday.Some for...

If you woke up this morning with sugar plums dancing in your head, most likely Santa made it down the chimney ... and Rudolph is stretched out on the ottoman with a cup of egg nog in hand. T here’s...

The holidays are here and we’re still trying to figure out how we’re going to get it all done. You know, all the productivity stuff we talk about? S o, instead of asking you to work at something – anything...

The cost of the fanciful mix of gifts described in the classic carol, The 12 Days of Christmas, has been tracked for over a quarter of a century. W ho knew how expensive the Seven-Swans-A-Singing would be? What a difference 5...

We’ve become very dependent on our mobile phones, haven’t we? Losing it is super frustrating ... and can be super expensive. I 've been through this exact scenario recently, so I wanted to share with you what I've learned. Follow...

There are things we know for sure and some we don’t. H ere is what I DO know and what I think YOU know.What I Know Is TrueYou don’t draw on the Lone Ranger.You can’t squeeze anything out of a...

Last week, as an Adjunct Professor at USF, I had the opportunity to once again participate as a judge for the Fall 2015 University of San Francisco Undergraduate Pitch Competition. I f you’re concerned about the ambitions and creativity of...

This may seem like a very strange blog post for a site dedicated to leadership. But not really. N ot if you’re committed to managing your life, controlling your day and fighting for what you believe. Recently, I saw a...

Car jack. Nail clippers. Claw Hammer. Teeter-totter. Tweezers. Nutcracker. Scissors. W hat do these devices all have in common? They create leverage, a simple but extraordinary force that increases the power of everything to which it is applied. (Whenever a...

November 30, is the birthday of Winston Churchill.  He was born 136 years ago in 1874 ... and died 50 years ago in 1965 ... yet his talent and prodigious output remains striking to this day. Winston Churchill has always...

Be sure to take time to enjoy the blessings in your life on this Thanksgiving holiday. T  he world will keep spinning without our business devotion, so invest your day with friends and family.Take a moment this Thanksgiving holiday to...

We think musicians, actors, athletes and other artists are uniquely able to Be Legendary. I t only seems that way because they’re in the public eye, but you, too, can Be Legendary. Imagine you are so remarkable that all the...

There’s a bar in Montauk, NY called the Dock, a dark, wood-paneled place with stuffed animal heads on the wall that reportedly has a number of signs and slogans on the wall. T his clever double entendre is just too good to...