

Who Is The Most Important Employee In Your Company?
In my position, I have an opportunity to rub shoulders with executives from all walks of business. The vast majority of them are...


There Really Is A Shortcut To The Top
I'll say it again. There really is a shortcut to success in business. Yes, anyone can do it who is willing to engage. No, you don't...


What About Employees That Aren't Good Enough To Keep, But Aren't Bad Enough To Fire?
Several years ago, as CEO of a rapidly growing company, I faced the dilemma we've all faced (or will face) -- the employee that's...


What Type Of Entrepreneur Are You?
I recall the story of a professor of entrepreneurship at a prestigious university who would come into his class on the first day of the...


7 Reasons You Need An Executive Coach
Can I just start by saying right up front that I hate the term "coach." Coach implies that I'm going to teach you how to play the game. ...


Betting On You
Betting on you may well be the best thing you can do in these economic times. Betting on someone else to make your money grow (vis a vis...


Thoughts For The New Year
As we face the prospects of another new year, we lament with Dickens, “It is the best of times and it is the worst of times.” In many...


Who Controls Your Destiny?
I got a call from a young friend the other day. He indicated he’d finished his education, been certified as a CPA and had worked in...


Burnout
When I was in high school, burnout was something you did in your dad’s big old Oldsmobile with the 455 rocket engine that left two big...


Another Step In The Journey
Over the last several years I have found I derive much more satisfaction out of mentoring others than I do from building a business...