Creating change is tough, and it isn’t much easier if you are the owner and your name is on the door of the company. Recently a friend and business owner was telling me “I have been battling with my people for almost a year to change our process and I am running out of energy …
“I really can’t believe the change that has come over him.” I was speaking with a friend recently who was telling me about a remarkable transformation he had seen in his teenager over the last 6 months. It’s a story that has enormous implications for every business to help make change work for you and …
Growing revenue is one of the top priorities of almost every company. It consumes a significant portion of top management’s attention and companies often go to great lengths to create new markets, win new customers, open up new distribution channels, and more. Large investments are made in marketing, PR, sales calls, going to trade shows …
Have you ever thought you understood something and then later got some deeper insight that made you realize you didn’t recognize the power or implications of the thing at all? It happens to me frequently, and suddenly hidden opportunities that were right in front of my nose suddenly ‘appear.’ Of course they were there all …
“What can we do about it…today?” My partner Chris always had a knack for asking great questions. This one was common, even routine, right up until the end when he put all the emphasis on the last word, “today”. That’s what changed it entirely. We were working with a very talented group of managers, but …