When Startup Capital Kills Your Business
I am currently serving on the advisory board for Biz417 with some amazing area business leaders, including Jack Stack [...]
Establishing a Leadership Pipeline
One of the most important things an organization should establish is a leadership pipeline. A leadership pipeline is [...]
What’s the Secret to Success? Failure
I was recently speaking to a college MBA class and they asked me for my ‘secret to success’. My answer was simple; fa [...]
Five Tips for Recognizing Your Employees
A recent study in a manufacturing setting highlighted the power of recognizing employees for their efforts. The study [...]
Create a Team of Problem Solvers
I was talking to a manager who was telling me how they couldn’t find any talent for their team. This surprised me. Th [...]
We Get It. You’re Busy. Who isn’t…
I have recently realized that every time I ask someone how they are doing, I seem to get the same response. “Good. Bu [...]
Three Best Practices to Face Your Fear of Conflict
A fear of conflict is common and natural among people. However, this fear can become something that not only limits o [...]
The Purpose of Your Board
I have often said that organizations work the way they are designed to work… whether or not you meant to design [...]
Stop Avoiding Tough Conversations
A business owner called me because he was having trouble with an employee. He described details about their strained [...]
Nine Tactics to Use as a Facilitator
A successful facilitation can be traced back to the little things most of us rarely think about. Facilitators underst [...]