Successful leaders build trust. Building trust is something you must do. Trust underpins every relationship in the workplace - between boss and employee, between colleagues, and between businesses.
Here’s a life lesson that needs no embellishment…. In Nashville, Tennessee, during the first week of January, 1996, more than 4,000 baseball coaches descended upon the Opryland Hotel for the 52nd annual ABCA convention. While I waited in line to register with the hotel staff, I heard other more veteran coaches rumbling about the...
Say it isnt so. Today is April 1 or April Fool’s Day. Yes, I’ve seen my share of clever prank notes and ruses to get me going today. HOWEVER…. One stands heads and shoulders above them all. Marketing guru Ryan Deiss, of Austin, Texas, wins the world championship in my book. I’ve known Ryan...
The life of a manager/business leader certainly has its benefits, but there are downsides to being a leader too. Not long ago, I received an email from someone who had served on a large project with me. Their recall of my leadership role was, let’s say, “less than flattering.” The project in question was...
People in management and leadership deal with problems all day long. Plans and projects get started, procedures are written and taught, but things go wrong. You’ve got a problem. Challenges present themselves in so many forms. People problems, supply problems, customer problems, and so on and so on. A lot of physical and emotional...
The experiences in the field often served to remind me of business leadership principles I learned a long time ago, but have to revisit frequently if I choose to keep them fresh and effective.
Great leadership requires effective communication. Your ability to speak with a commanding voice and unshakable certainty is not the skill required.
It was a great joy to spend some time on air with Stone Payton and Lee Kantor over in Atlanta on BusinessRadioX. Click the link below to hear the podcast.
Two business owners were talking. One was having a pretty good run with his new, and growing business. The other had suffered a series of bad turns and hard luck. The one with the better business asked, “So now do you feel like an entrepreneur?” The other answered “Heck no. I feel like a...
Executive leaders need to think about their face when they make announcements, hold discussions, and conduct meetings. The look you have says much more than the words you speak.