The entrepreneurial journey is full of distractions. Entrepreneurs are optimists and see opportunity everywhere. These opportunities are beautiful shiny objects and, if pursued, they take the entrepreneur on a path
The lowest load-bearing part of a building is usually referred to as the foundation. The foundation of a building determines the kinds of adversities a building can withstand. A business
For many of us, December marks the beginning of the annual season of giving. It’s also a time for planning the year ahead. Yet giving and planning are seldom integrated
Many of us get an icky feeling when we think about marketing or sales. Yet we do marketing and sales all the time. Every time you convince a friend to
Many of us have negative feelings about networking. Studies have shown when we talk to people about networking before asking them to perform word completion tasks (for example S_ _
When we hear the term “Baby Boomers” our minds tend to be flooded with thoughts about succession planning and the so-called “Great Wealth Transfer”. What if I were to tell
Does being busy mean you are productive? High performing entrepreneurs and professionals distinguish themselves because they know how to focus and what to focus on. We are all busy, but
If you're like most people, learning that 62% of employees who work in bars and restaurants don't wash their hands makes you uncomfortable. It's estimated that sixty thousand people are
There is a great story on business performance, from Harvard professors Donald Sull and Kathleen Eisenhardt who write and teach on strategy and decision-making. They tell the story of a
Recall a time when you have attended a presentation and thought "I get that." Then, after hearing the speaker, you try to relay the content to a colleague or a
Have you ever asked someone to come in and do a team building workshop for your team? Recently, a client called and asked, "I want to do a team building
When Google’s People Operations team set out to understand how they could build the perfect team. They identified psychological safety as the single most important pattern of high-performing teams. But, what
