What does it take to Lead an Engaged Team? Leadership is hard. Most would agree that the single biggest key to succeeding in business is having a great team… and a great team starts with leadership, but after that it gets fuzzy. What does it really take to be a great leader? Is it being charismatic and communicating well (and frequently)? Is it being […]
Opinions: Resistance, Acceptance, and Common Ground
We all want to be heard.  We all have our opinions.  And as we know all too well when there are differences of opinion the fuse can often be very short from ignition to explosion.  In business this can completely derail an otherwise productive meeting or project.  Worse yet, in our personal lives it can […]
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 […]
The Small Business Owner's Guide to Workers' Compensation
This is a guest post from Mike Khorev (see bio at the end) – Thanks Mike. Efficient business leaders go the extra mile when motivating their teams. They praise, recognize, and provide a sense of security. That was the message by Peter Rossi in the article: Ways to Boost Employee Motivation. This post is all […]
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.