Drawing upon their decades of leadership experience – and the hundreds of conversations they have each week with leaders across the country – our team of coaches deliver insights, strategies and tips to help you improve how you lead and live.
CEOs and athletes have a lot in common. Though it’s easy to imagine how the skill sets required of both professions often overlap, extracting the core similarities can help shape best practices and goals for new and veteran leaders. Here are five ways CEOs are like professional athletes:
Rarely is there ever one thing small-business leaders can do to succeed. But Michael Mazzeo, Paul Oyer, and Scott Schaefer, the authors of “Roadside MBA: Backroad Wisdom for Executives, Entrepreneurs, and Small Business Owners,” found that one of the best ways for small businesses to thrive is by excelling in activities that big businesses overlook…. Read More
Small-business owners are the heart and soul of their enterprises. Their actions and outlook directly impact those of their employees and customers. An efficient, confident business owner leads to a more successful small business. When these leaders feel like they’ve done everything in their power to build up their companies and are ready to take… Read More
Bosses come in all shapes and sizes. There are good ones and then there are the not so good ones. At some point we have all dealt with a bad boss, but did you know that prolonged exposure to bad boss conflict is actually detrimental to your health?
Michael Hyatt and Daniel Harkavy wrote a new book about life planning called, Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want. The book needs that final coat of paint – the cover – and we want you to help us decide! Please vote on your favorite cover by Monday, May 18th…. Read More
If you are in business, then it’s a guarantee that you will encounter difficulties or tough times. Stuff happens that is unplanned and unexpected. Some challenges are big. Some start out small, and quickly escalate. Some challenges can be of our own making, and some may be the result of external changes.
Is your marketing dead on arrival? It is hard to know where to compete in business these days. On one hand, we all want to stand out, yet on another hand we want to make sure that we get found in all the same keyword searches as our competitors. Thanks to this “surge of social”… Read More
How do I standout in today’s marketplace? It’s a fair question and the answer may be found in your strategy. Times & tools have changed, but when serving your clients, the song remains the same: Can Your Business Find You?
U.S. Founding Father Thomas Paine once said, “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
Many of us have a clear picture of our life’s purpose. We may have even established our vision and plan for how to get there. Even with that clarity it is not uncommon for us to be uncertain about how to “move the needle” from one day to the next.