Credit for the title goes to the late Steve Haines, my former strategic planning mentor. He was a big fan of the feedback mechanism for...

I see it all too often in my consulting work: leaders telling the members of their teams that working harder is the answer to every...

When is the right time to hire new members for your team? It's a tough decision. Everyone knows that you make a profit by making more...

Sometimes when I ask leadership teams to define their core values, they'll say something like. "Oh, that;s a waste of time. It's just Mom...

Everyone knows that if you get two or more people in a room, they're not going to agree on everything. That means there will be conflict,...

I've just rediscovered for (for the umpteenth time) one of the most basic truths about building a high-performing business: adding the...

Being an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart. You have to know a lot about a lot to get a business off the ground and to make it a...

Lately I'm hearing a lot of complaints from my CEO friends and clients about Millennials, especially about them being "lazy" and "lacking...

Finding the right leader to lead an organization to success is always a challenge. The start of that process, creating the Profile of...

It's common knowledge that we all have blind spots. Like my favorite mentor said, "When it comes to your own behavior, all of a sudden...

Sam was really proud of how tough he was as a leader. He was the VP of Manufacturing for a large company--he got things done and didn't...

When attempting to explain someone else's behavior, especially undesirable behavior, people very often attribute more control to that...

It's true, vacations make money. Therefore, it's financially irresponsible of you not to take regular vacations if you want to be...

Yes, these all fit together nicely. Here's how: time management is essentially an exercise in assertiveness, and being timely builds...

I've seen businesses fail to take full advantage of the advantages of teamwork on both extremes. On one extreme was the leadership team...

How's the drama level in your organization? Are people happy, energetic, and excited about the work of the business? Instead, do you see...

"The beatings will continue until morale improves!" is one of my favorite sayings, because it's playful, pithy, and powerful. Why, oh...

Behold Brad Pitt--entrepreneur and role-fit exemplar extraordinaire. He's a great fit for the movie star archetype: handsome, creative,...

Everyone knows that organizational/business goals are important. Everyone knows that individual goals are important. Aligning the two is...

A salesman doesn't know the correct answer to a question about his product from his client. He makes up some fake "data"; to support the...