I saw a tweet @johnmaxwellco today that asked, “What’s one dream you would love to see come true?”. My first thought was… To win the lottery! My next thought was it might be difficult to win being that I don’t
Read more →I’ve been getting lots of graduation cards over the past few weeks. It’s pretty exciting to those seniors, having the accomplishment of completing high school. Many will begin a career and the next stage of their life and many will
Read more →Mixed Messages come from the Mixed Up Nuts that eventually get cracked. Are you feeling squeezed? Having a hard time keeping up with who you told what? Is your motto, “do as I say, not as I do”? Be careful…
Read more →This video from the A&E TV show, Duck Dynasty, is a pretty good example of what happens when your glasses get too thick. I’m not much into reality TV but for whatever reason this show has caught my attention. After
Read more →We’ve all heard the phrase, “the squeaky wheel gets the grease”. What amazes me is the sheer ineptness of leaders and managers that actually apply that philosophy to their organizational culture. In fact, it’s the complete opposite of an advocate-based
Read more →People Pleasers are quite possibly some of the most destructive individuals in any organization. They come across to many as the person everyone likes, especially to those in leadership. People Pleasers are those in an organization that don’t want to
Read more →I was in a pretty interesting meeting this past weekend. A leadership team invited a special, and highly successful, guest speaker to give them a few words of wisdom and direction on moving their organization forward. His key word was
Read more →Great leaders spend 40% of their time in the field with their people. This is a primary discipline of great leadership. Unfortunately, many leaders, unbeknownst to them, have voluntarily checked out. In other words, by not spending this time in the
Read more →Take a minute or two and read the article we’ve linked to below. As you read, be honest about where you are; where your team is; where your organization is. Most don’t want to be be extraordinary… Are you part
Read more →As a good friend of mine would say… what’s the deal? P90X, The Insanity Workout, The Atkins Diet, Jane Fonda’s Buns of Steel, Jared the Subway dieting guy (pictured) and the list goes on. For decades, Americans have been obsessed
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