Sometimes we get so excited about our idea that we jump right in before thinking it all the way through. Too many of us start a business or project or even a career before we know if that initial decision supports where we want to end up in 3, 5 or 10 years plus. I thinkContinue reading “5 steps to take BEFORE you launch your startup (5 min. read)”
Category Archives: People/Teams
Entrepreneur’s step by step success guide from Start-up to Scale-up (1 min read)
Over the next few months, I will be providing a step by step process on how to go from an idea, to validating it, to crafting a go-to-market strategy that is repeatable and then to scaling a healthy and thriving business. This journey will be a combination of my own experience (30 years, 20+ businesses,Continue reading “Entrepreneur’s step by step success guide from Start-up to Scale-up (1 min read)”
2 ways to ask for help that is actually helpful (3 min read)
I think this is going to be one of my least popular posts but I want to share what I have learned recently. I hope you read it with an open mind. We all go around asking for and dispensing advice as easily and probably as often as waking up in the morning or breathing.Continue reading “2 ways to ask for help that is actually helpful (3 min read)”
How fear controls your life – at work and at home….and what to do about it (3 minute read)
If you have contentious, adversarial relationships with anyone at work or elsewhere, you may have asked yourself one or many of these questions. What’s wrong with me? What’s wrong with him/her? Whose fault is it? How can I prove I’m right? Why is s/he so clueless and frustrating? Haven’t we been there, done that? Why bother?Continue reading “How fear controls your life – at work and at home….and what to do about it (3 minute read)”
Why Cows, Buffalo and DNA are keys to growing your company (4 minute read)
I have been reading and hearing a lot about the human genome lately. How four letters in different combinations create the 3.2 billion patterns that make up each one of us. With more than 7 Billion people on the planet, there is some likelihood that someone (other than twins) has your exact pattern but itContinue reading “Why Cows, Buffalo and DNA are keys to growing your company (4 minute read)”
3 real-life examples where conventional wisdom derails business and list of “Great Manager” dos – (6 min read)
“Everybody is a Genius. But If You Judge a Fish by Its Ability to Climb a Tree, It Will Live Its Whole Life Believing that It is Stupid” – Albert Einstein How many of these sayings sound familiar? You should work hard to overcome your weaknesses – Wrong! Do not come to me with aContinue reading “3 real-life examples where conventional wisdom derails business and list of “Great Manager” dos – (6 min read)”
People lie with their words. 9 simple facial gestures that give them away. * (Bonus: quick micro-expression test)
What does it mean when someone has crossed arms? Most people would say that they are closed or uninterested or maybe disappointed in the topic and/or the person speaking. The real answer is, “It depends”. According to Patryk Wezowski of the Center for Body Language, there are five principles you can apply when looking to understand someone’sContinue reading “People lie with their words. 9 simple facial gestures that give them away. * (Bonus: quick micro-expression test)”
The Interview Bill of Rights; 10 enlightening questions (4 min read)
(Thank you to Craig Palli for his suggestion to turn this list of questions into a post. If any others who read my posts would like to suggest other topics, please let me know. If I can do the topic justice, I will be happy to put it on my list.) I think we all wantContinue reading “The Interview Bill of Rights; 10 enlightening questions (4 min read)”
If managers aren’t engaged, do you think workers are?
Leadership teams are so busy these days that they do not focus on the “soft” things that eventually lead to low engagement from their teams. Simon Sinek’s latest book, Leaders Eat Last, which I highlight in a recent blog post – talks about how leaders who create a Circle of Safety have a more engaged teamContinue reading “If managers aren’t engaged, do you think workers are?”
An anarchist and a general walk into a bar – A leadership story (5 min read – joke inside)
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams I spent a few days last week at a conference for mid-market companies to learn how to scale their company and the binding theme was leadership. First, we heard from General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal who talked about how he had to make a holistic change in his leadership processContinue reading “An anarchist and a general walk into a bar – A leadership story (5 min read – joke inside)”