The Power of Your Inner Magnet
Business leaders and managers have the power to either attract or repel employees with each encounter. To illustrate this thought, have you ever seen a leader who can metaphorically light up a room with energy simply by walking in to the room? Conversely, have you ever seen another person light up the same room, only…
Why Companies Fail to Realize Their Potential
I am becoming convinced that the failure to inspire others to act is the the #1 problem that holds companies back from achieving business goals. Sales people who fail to inspire potential customers to buy a product or service or a business leader that cannot inspire employees to give their best effort at work are…
When the Name of the Game is Protection
Do you know which assets are critical to the success of your business? If not, at what level of risk are you placing on your company through the mere act of ignorance? How comfortable are you tolerating this risk and if the answer is “not so much” then what will you do to protect that…
Investing Time to Build a Super Team
Professional sports teams invest time (and money) to make strategic and personnel decisions necessary to build a better team for the coming season. In the world of business, what is the process at your company for creating a super team of employees that is consistently winning in the game of business? On a scale of…
Curiosity Leads to Innovation
The value of an insatiable intellectual curiosity is immeasurable if you want to stay ahead of competitors. To win in the game of business, begin by asking the right questions while replacing fear of the unknown with curiosity and a desire to innovate. To get you started on creating game-changing activity at work, begin by…
Why Failing Can Lead to Success
A secret to winning big in business is failing quickly before small problems become big ones. Mistakes are opportunities for improvement that are waiting to happen. Effective leaders admit their mistakes, don’t place blame elsewhere and are often surprised by how quickly others pivot as necessary adjustments are made that move companies forward on the…
How to Strengthen the Team Through Collaboration
Superheroes are meant for comic books, not the world of business. When a company leader is overworked, highly stressed and not having much fun, I often wonder how effective they are in engaging their employees to collaboratively transform current business challenges into a desired state of Winning in Business! To illustrate using metaphor, I’ll offer…
How to Create Game Changers In Business
Research has shown that 77% of employees are not engaged in their work. If your business is operating way below 100% of its potential, do you think having disengaged employees might be part of the problem? If this diagnosis makes sense to you, start thinking about prescribing the anti-dote, which includes ways to make work…
Avoiding the Busy Trap
I’ve been called Master of Stating the Obvious and will start out by predicting that everyone reading this Monday Morning Message will self-proclaim themselves as extremely busy in their lives, maybe even to the point of near exhaustion. This happens a lot so don’t be surprised if extremely busy sounds like you. One question to…
Winning in Business Through Deliberate Practice
Practice makes permanent is a team lesson instilled in every youth sports team I coached from 2008 – 2012. This mantra also applies in the world of business. In other words, just as Little Leagues teams can transform from good to great through deliberate practice, leaders, teams and companies can consistently win in the game…