Aggression and anxiety manifest in many forms, and in most cases, it goes undetected and operates at subconscious levels; but it can have devastating and long-lasting negative implications that affect the success of your organization. Aggression, which can range from subconscious biases to fully conscious acts verbal (and even...
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1/12th Of This Year Is History
January is over. In less than two weeks one half of the 1st quarter of 2018 will be history. What are you doing today to create a monumental year? In many businesses, 1st quarter performance dictates how the entire year is going to perform. A small deviation and deflection...
Eliminate Stress through Leadership
– How’s your stress level? – What’s causing your stress? – Are you a victim of stress? Or, – Are you coping and barely surviving with it? Or, are you – Hoping for a miracle, or someone to make it stop, maybe praying for a lottery win?! This isn’t...
Level 5 Leadership
Level 5 leadership is a combination of humility and fierce resolve. Jim Collins (2001) identifies three primary factors for being a great company (and as I suggest, this can be expanded to include creating great relationships, great communities, and living to your greatest potential): – Disciplined people, – Disciplined...
Getting Down to the Business of Business
To measure is to know… Lord Kelvin Therefore, what is known, has the potential for improvement. Business performance is important for a variety of reasons. At a basic level, a business owner wants to break-even, and this is followed by the desire to achieve a level of success, which...
Correct Actions are like Blisters
Ever had a blister? Sure you have, and probably more than one. Cast your mind back to that moment when you developed a blister. What were you doing? I imagine for most of us, we developed blisters when we took on a new activity (or possibly a familiar activity...
Perfect Action…makes Perfect Fate!
We’ve all heard the saying, “Practice makes Perfect”, however in reality, this is far from a truism. Consider… “Perfect Practice makes Perfect” This has a much higher degree of certainty. Taking action is similar, as it is perfect actions that move you closer to your goal, and less than...
What Converts Vision into Reality?
How do you convert a clear and compelling vision into a reality? Through action, obviously. But not just any action. We must take the correct action to achieve our vision… more common sense that isn’t so common; as evidenced by many of us visionary folk who are either taking...
Success, Starts at the Individual Level
Success, whether personal or in business, starts at the individual level. Imagine an individual or better yet, a group of individuals working in a collaborative, synergistic, and focused way on a shared vision, mission, and/or objective; powerful and potentially unstoppable. OK, this may seem obvious to some, and common...
Can You Limit Your Sleep and Sitting to Just 23½ Hours a Day?
OK, let’s look at the above question again, “can you limit your sleep and sitting to just 23½ hours per day?” What?!?! Who sleeps and sits around for 23½ hours a day? This very important video will help us put this question into the correct context. My Gift to...
