Leading a Small Business vs. Large Organization
I learned my leadership very early in my career. In fact, I learned even before my career began. My leadership training came while I was in Air Force ROTC in college. From there I spent [...]
A Few Simple Things Bring Business Success
Business success doesn’t just happen. It’s a takes a lot of hard work. But, that hard work needs to be focused like a laser on what success means to you. Once you know what it [...]
Slaying the Big Hairy Monster
As human beings there is one thing that we all struggle with - fear. No matter how big or strong you are we all have some deep seated fear that influences us in some way. [...]
How Does Accountability Impact Business Execution
Accountability was 1 of the 10 items mentioned in the previous post titled Business Execution – 10 Things Make You More Effective. But why is accountability important to business execution? According to Webster’s Dictionary, accountability [...]
Why Business Plan Execution is Critical to Successful Business Growth
Businesses plan for growth all the time. The difference between the successful ones complete the business plan execution! It seems simple. But, how many times have you planned something and then never followed through? Business plan [...]
PASSION: Why It’s Critical for Business Success
This week I figured I would talk a little bit about the first step in the strategic planning process – defining your passion. A while back I wrote a posted titled Why So Many Small [...]
Does Good Leadership Meet Needs?
A few weeks back in my article title Answering the Hard Questions About Leadership, I asked the question “what is the nature of leadership?” I received several dozen responses to the question via a variety [...]
What’s Your Leadership Style?
In my post Why Leadership is Critical to Business Growth I mentioned my recent reading of James Hunter’s book The Servant. He makes some interesting statements in the book as he leads you toward what [...]
Why Leadership is Critical to Business Growth
A few weeks ago in a presentation a local business leader whom I very much respect suggested a book that I had not heard of before on leadership – The Servant by James Hunter. So [...]
Do You Have the Courage to be the Leader Your Business Needs?
Self-improvement has on leadership and business growth, however often owners don't have the courage to look in the mirror and fix the personal fears which hold them back from making the necessary changes to take [...]