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Guitar Licks and Leadership Tricks: Mastery Explored
They say that the guitar is the easiest instrument to learn but the most difficult to master. I recently picked…
Dead Mice, My Garage, and Your Business: Things that Should be Cleaned up
I recently cleaned and organized a corner of my garage. The level of pride and satisfaction that this generates is…
How to Get an Extra 20% in Performance with No New Staff, Customers, or Tools
Have you ever pulled a garden hose around your house to find it doesn’t reach as far as you thought?…
Why I Care About Leadership
Leadership Motivation When I was young, I had ideas about changing the world. So, I set out to do that….
What Do I Do if My Company is Outgrowing a Loyal Employee?
What To do When Your Company is Growing Faster than Your Team Growing a company is exciting. But it also…
It’s Hard Enough to Hire When Times are Good. How to Prepare to Sail Through Less-than-Ideal Staffing Challenges
If You Do this One Thing Well, You’ll Own Your Market For the foreseeable future companies that are able to…
The Subtle Poison: Insidious Corruption in Leadership
Leadership Corruption: Two true stories Nighttime in Nairobi. The policeman who had pulled me over let his rifle barrel drift…
Two Leadership Maxims that Should Change Your Leadership Forever
Two leadership maxims that will transform how you lead and manage: You will only manage others as well as you…
A Leadership Self-Assessment: A Simple Tool that Reveals All
“Am I good leader?” How to evaluate yourself and answer the question. Here are two maxims that – if you…
The Single Biggest Danger for Successful Leaders and How to Avoid It
“Dad, I feel terrified.” My son and I were driving up the mountain to begin a zip line experience. Nine…