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 Alamo.For many, these words conjure a spectacle of clubs, spears…
Happy New Year, my friends. L et's see what we can accomplish together in 2016![pullquote]Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. ~ Oscar Wilde[/pullquote]The New Year is always a great time for renewal and for a fresh start … but don’t let yourself get bogged down by a bunch of new…
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 fun, some for mischief … but many offering innovative solutions…
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 a powerful lesson in here for you.“Seriously?” my wife said.“You’re…
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 – I’ve decided to give you a gift of holiday…
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 years makes!It was a pretty fowl year back in 2010.Who…
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 these steps to make sure you're prepared for something that…
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 graduating students these days, don’t be. They’re on it.The Entrepreneurial…
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 profile of Sylvester Stallone and, serendipitously, stumbled across several articles…