November is that time of the year when many firms assess what has happened over the past 10 months and start to make plans for the next year. In this case, the view ahead is to 2020, to the next decade. If you are one of these planners, you might want to step back and […]
Finding the Leadership Balance in Business
If leadership was just about leading it MIGHT be easy. However, the challenging aspect of leading people is the dichotomy of leadership. It requires balancing opposite forces that every leader faces. A simple yet seemly contradictory challenge is when to lead and when to follow. The Dichotomy of Leadership is a follow up book by […]
Do You Know the Rules of the Road?
Getting focused on the right things at the right time leads to success for any leader of a growing enterprise. Getting an entire team of people focused on the right things at the right time is what separates good companies from great companies. Why 7 Stages of Growth Based on interviews and working with 650 […]
Five Signs You Need a Business Coach
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 […]
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 […]