Key Lessons from The CEO Next Door The CEO Next Door is a new book written by Elena Botelho, Kim Powell and Tahl Raz and unlike many leadership books, it’s based on a lot of hardcore research which leads to some interesting insights about what it takes to be an effective CEO / Business Leader. Botelho and Powell have done an in-depth […]
The Best Event of the Year in Kansas City…
I always look forward to fall, mostly because I really enjoy the cooling temperatures, that crisp feeling in the air and the beautiful turning leaves.  The other big reason is because I really enjoy the Plaza Art Fair, which is held every year towards the end of September (down on the Country Club Plaza – obviously). […]
The Power of Positive Thinking?
So I saw in interesting article in the Men’s Journal (May 2007 – I’m not doing a good job of keeping up with the backlog…). Anyway, the article was titled “Think Yourself Stronger (how sports hypnosis boosts performance)”.  The essence of the article was that the author was trying sports hypnosis as a way to […]
Is Your Business Thankful?
How thankful is your business?   With it being the week of Thanksgiving, there may be no better time to ask that question.   Maybe the more important question is how thankful would your customers say your business is? Most businesses are in some mode of growth.  Unless someone is intentionally trying to sabotage or methodically wind […]
Chris went above and beyond to help me better my business my core values, and my business structure and depth. He was incredibly responsive and I often felt like he was a vested business partner who gave me a tremendous amount of support.