The bedrock of a healthy society is truth. Truth brings believability by conforming to the facts of a situation rather than opinion. Where there is no truth, there is chaos. Everyone is doing what is right in their own eyes, which leads to destruction. In my own experience, instances where the truth has been scuttled…
Leadership is a privilege earned through adversity, commitment, and trust. Observations of those in leadership positions often reveal their trustworthiness. Leaders are often under the microscope, and rightly so. Effective leaders are followed and supported, even in tough decisions where it may have a negative impact on the group. The reason we follow an effective…
Leadership is a privilege earned by those who exhibit extraordinary skills and choose to be an example to others. While leaders can have both positive and negative influence, the checks and balances of life often remove bad leaders from their position. Great leaders in my life have had the attributes of competence and passion, which…
Effective business leaders make things happen. One of the attributes they possess is creativity, which is often seen in their ability to solve problems. Most of the time creativity is thought of as making something out of nothing. My observation is that the most common creativity emerges from identifying a problem, and assembling solutions from…
I observe business owners making decisions in their company differently than how they treat their investments in the stock market. My observations are proven to be fact when I ask these owners which is more risky, your stock investments or your business. More often than not, the answer they provide is that their stock investments…
Effective leadership is acknowledging the need for high performing employees to share the roles of implementation. Small businesses may be able to get by with no management team, but growth reveals weaknesses in leadership abilities and the obvious time limitation of a sole leader. The time to build a management team is when you notice…
Our experience is that there is usually a disconnect between management and employees over performance. Most of the time it is managements fault, because they fail to share their expectations with others – it’s like the coach never sharing the strategy or game plan with the players, but still expecting them to win. While more…