Articles on: Leadership

Failure isn’t the end, it’s the beginning…

Prefer to listen to this post? Click the play button below and let us know what you think in the comments below:   Do you spend a lot of time avoiding failure? How do you react to a failure on your team? Unfortunately most of us in a business environment view failure as unacceptable and […]

How do you motivate change? 5 ideas that will help

Prefer to listen? Click below to hear an audio version of this week’s blog post:   Have you ever tried to roll out a change at work and didn’t get much of a response? Quick example – a client decided it was critical that his team started actively tracking their time, at least at a high […]

Do You Celebrate Success? 5 Ways to Be Royal and Celebrate!

Click below to hear an audio version of this week’s blog post:   On Friday evening, Sept. 26th the Kansas City Royals did something they had not done in 29 years, when they clinched a berth into the MLB post season and the celebration was on.  It was a great moment not only for the […]

Who’s Driving Your Bus (business)?

With most of the schools back in session, the number of buses on our roads has increased significantly; latest estimates have the number at about 500,000 school buses in the U.S.  All those yellow school buses created the opportunity not only for a PSA to be a be aware the buses and 26 million students […]

Winning Advice #5 – (Business) Management

If you don’t understand your business, who will? That’s the question that came with the 5th and final piece of the business advice given by a dealer peer/mentor in 1997.  This one was the bullhorn that screamed the significance on not only working IN the business, but working ON the business. As mentioned in the […]

How do the pros look at Leadership? 11 Principles

Great leadership is critical for business success, but it’s rarely a matter of life and death. Which is why it makes sense to look to the US Armed Forces as an inspiration for leadership ideas – in the Army, not only is leadership the key to long term success…it’s also the driver for survival in enemy territory. With […]