I recently read a story in Forbes written by Kavita Sahai. In the story he shared this insight: “Running a business is a roller coaster. One day your day is productive and things are looking great for your business, and the next, you feel like everything has been derailed and you are falling. Plenty of […]
Extreme Ownership in Business
Leadership is a key component in the success of any business. Leadership comes primarily from the CEO of the company. So what kind of leadership should the CEO exhibit? Extreme Ownership (How U.S. Navy Seals LEAD and WIN) is a book by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. You may wonder how military leadership applies to […]
What Can You Learn From the Shoe Dog, Phil Knight (NIKE)???
Phil Knight, founder of what is now NIKE, wrote the story of his journey from starting the company to its present day success in his 2016 book –Shoe Dog. That year, Bill Gates picked it as one of his favorite books. If you are an entrepreneur or CEO of a company there are some great […]
Effective Leadership and YOU
There are a number of ways to look at leadership, but they all boil down to this. As the CEO, you want to be an effective leader. The 5 Levels of Leadership. One way to view leadership is as John Maxwell has written about in The 5 Levels of Leadership. The lowest level is Position […]
Crafting a Business Plan for 2019 That Will Get Implemented
Have you ever read the book “How to Succeed in Businesses without Really Planning?” Is that really possible? Well, there was actually a book published in 1952 “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying.” It was the story of a window washer who rises to become chairman of the board of the World Wide […]