The Circle of Safety. In his latest book “Leaders Eat Last” Simon Sinek uses this term to describe businesses that thrive because everyone inside the circle looks out for each other.   There is trust inside the circle.  You don’t spend your day looking over your shoulder.  The Circle of Safety wraps around the entire company, […]

Some would argue you can narrow leadership down to one or two qualities and everything else is a function of the others.  As the United States prepares for (or endures) another Presidential Election year it is fair to say many of us will be questioning what makes the qualities of a leader pretty regularly over […]

With the Kansas City Chiefs on their historic run of 11 consecutive wins after starting out with only one win and five losses and the Powerball Lottery having its first ever 1 billion dollar plus jackpot, we are hearing a lot of talk about the odds of winning.  However, as a business owner, you make […]

There’s a great Proverb that gets to the heart of leadership: “If you think you’re leading and no one is following you, then you’re only taking a walk.” As we kick off another New Year, now’s a great time to be thinking about the future. What are your goals, hopes and dreams? What did you […]

One of the ‘secrets’ to a successful small business is having employees who are aligned with what you’re doing, engaged, and enjoy working with you and your team. We’ve all experienced businesses where the employees are clearly just showing up for the paycheck and don’t care at all about what they’re doing – that’s a […]

You will deal with adversity. Some days things just aren’t going to go your way. The day that you come in and find out: You’ve lost a long term client or You missed out on a deal that you were sure you were going to land or A good employee unexpectedly turns in their resignation […]