Mar 21, 2011

I am working with my local high school to help introduce business to an English class filled with juniors. They are taking the motifs from the novel they are reading and applying it to real world case studies about work. The students bring a very bold black & white view to their understanding of the cases. They have a refreshing approach that removes...

Feb 2, 2011

When you start your own business you are the go to person.  You have the vision, you have the drive, and you seek out vendors that can do for you what you cannot do for yourself.  You delegate through contracting. When your business expands and grows you hire employees to fill key roles.  These roles are the delegation of decisions and roles that you...

This time of year – beyond the holiday shopping and slow down in business – is when most business leaders, executives, and owners start to plan.  They reach into the filing cabinet or search their computers and dust off last year’s business plan.  It is that annual ritual of reading what they thought they would do this year (and didn’t) and write out...

During a presentation on building talented business teams and better morale that I gave, a question was raised about who is ultimately responsible for morale.  One audience member had taken the position that it is the responsibility of the leader or leadership to set the tone.  Another audience member felt it was incumbent upon the employees to be responsible...

When I used to work in corporate America we used to have team building exercises during our meetings.  These exercises were considered to be so important by upper management that they were mandated into every meeting.  The goal was to bring the teams together so that they executed the plans with a sense of purpose; the team would rise or fall as a...

I have recently discovered a wonderful new series on the Discovery Channel called, “Surviving The Cut”.  The series is about the young men who sign up and join the various special warfare schools of the United States.  As you will see when you watch the series is that the training is tough, brutal, and pushes each individual to the breaking point. What is...