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“I’m Gonna Tell’ Em What I Think”
It sure feels good when you tell someone what you really think. Especially when they deserve it. You get it off your chest; tear them a fresh page and hopefully teach them a lesson. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t. Most of the time it only creates tension,...
Failure is Guaranteed. Recovery is Optional.
History is full of examples of comebacks after personal “failures” such as injury, illness or persecution and set backs or defeats in the public realm of sports, business and politics. Too often, when facing overwhelming odds or defeat, people and organizations fold...
If Nothing Changes, Nothing Happens
If I am honest with myself, and you with yourself, we’ll likely both arrive at the conclusion that in spite of any past dreaming, scheming, goal setting, hoping, planning, or stating - “This time it will be different” (feel free to add your own example as this can...
Reputation Builders For Entrepreneurs (and Intrapreneurs)
Whether you have your own business, are thinking of going on your own, or you are running a division or business unit within a large corporation, the following guidelines for reputation building all apply. Without a strong and positive reputation, the critical word of...
Walk Your Talk – Create a Tribe
It is easier to defer and deflect to others’ shortcomings or failures than to deal with our own. We often defend our attitudes or perspectives based on what we do/don’t do and how we’re different from others to justify our behaviours and beliefs. When this attitude...
Entrepreneurs Must Build a Strong Reputation
As an entrepreneur you have a reputation – positive, neutral or negative. And, as an entrepreneur it is your job to make sure you get noticed, approached and selected. Your reputation will determine how successful you become. When I started my company 26 years ago,...
It’s Not What You’ve Done That Counts – It’s What You Have Learned!
What you have achieved and who you have become may be praise worthy and notable, but what you’ve learned matters more. Reflecting upon, and celebrating achievements, past and present is a good thing. That makes life rich and fulfilling. However, when we live in the...
Change Your Thoughts and You Will Change the World. (It’s not that easy)
Those are words I recently read on a canvas of mass produced “art” in a restaurant. We see words and slogans like that everyday. Many people populate their Facebook pages with similar sentiments. There’s nothing wrong with expressing those thoughts as they can be...
The Stop Doing List
Many people spend an enormous amount of time talking about what they should do more of, or be better at, and that’s where it typically ends. This can be summarized as… “After all is said and done, more is said than done” Dreaming, aspiring and envisioning are all...
Don’t Put Down Your Competition – It may Backfire!
In this blog I share how a competitor’s lack of professionalism and jealousy helped me lock-in a positive, long-term client relationship. A competitor, who was being championed by an executive who had worked with him in another organization, called into question the...
Don't Sugar-coat Bad News
No one enjoys delivering bad news; however, there are times when it must be done, by you, to bring about change or address difficult situations. How you present and deliver the news will directly affect how employees react to it and ultimately accept it. There is no...
Connecting for Success
According to leadership author John Maxwell, "Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence with them." Connecting (aka - building a relationship, having rapport or a bond) with people gives you an edge...
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