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, […]

The Kansas City Royals are headed to the World Series for the 2nd year in a row!  That’s an amazing accomplishment and it’s even more impressive when you consider that they had a 29 year break from the playoffs prior to that success, including several painful 100 loss seasons. They’ve clearly figured something out – […]

If you were to conduct a person-on-the-street survey of what you think about when you hear “Labor Day” the most common answers would probably be responses like the end of summer, back-to-school, the start of football season, or time with family and friends.   Those replies are all part of this annual holiday we celebrate the […]

What if you could increase the odds of living a few extra years and increase the odds of building a stronger bottom line in your business during the process?  Would you want to do it?   What if you already had all the necessary tools and equipment to make this a reality?  Would you start using […]

 Click the play button if you’d prefer to listen to this blog post – and don’t forget to leave us a comment below! Teamwork is critical to long term success. Yes it gets over hyped, but it has to be a critical ingredient. How else can you explain the 2014 Kansas City Royals making it […]

The problem with sweeping dirt under the rug is eventually the lump under the rug gets so big everyone who walks on the rug starts tripping over it.    In business, the dirt is usually an issue that no one wants to deal with…and so instead of dealing with it, they avoid it (effectively sweep it […]