Are You Playing To Win or Not To Lose?
Emotions were running high in the last quarter of 2008, with the banking debacle, stock market meltdown, the soaring foreclosure rate, jobs losses, poor earnings reports. and dismal projections....
View ArticleBelieve to Achieve
Can you achieve leadership status without having faith in yourself? Do you love who you are? Do you believe in yourself and your skills? Having faith in yourself is a must for achieving success. Mother...
View ArticleCoaches’ Corner – Are you winning too much?
Winning too much is one of the most common issues we see in successful people, from the executive suite to the top salespeople. The suggestion that this might be a detriment is usually followed by an...
View ArticleConvincing Others To Willingly Accomplish Your Goals
Great leaders have mastered the art of getting things done through others. Even more impressive, their people do things required of them because they want to. This is a foreign concept to the many...
View ArticleCreate A Habit of Goal-Setting
One of the most beneficial habits you can create in life is goal-setting. As an executive coach, one of my biggest priorities with clients is to get them to set and write down goals on a daily, weekly,...
View ArticleDelusion of Trust is Compromising Growth
Do you have absolute trust among your ownership and leadership teams? Do not answer yes too quickly. Every organization tells me they have trust, yet most do not. There has been no research around how...
View ArticleDeveloping Your Internal CEO
How can I get more control over my decisions? How can I improve my personal results faster? When can I reach my dreams? What is needed to get there? Sometimes it is difficult to find the answers to...
View ArticleEmployee Motivation – 5 Steps to Apply When Mistakes Occur
The better a man is, the more mistakes he will make, for the more new things he will try. I would never promote to a top-level job a man who was not making mistakes … otherwise he is sure to be...
View ArticleFighting Time!
Do you feel you’re in a constant battle with time? Does time seem to be winning, no matter which technology, process, and system one uses? While the amount of time in a day, week and year remains the...
View ArticleGet What You Want … NOW!
Getting what you want whenever you want it, has been the deepest desire of humanity. Young people work hard to acquire more knowledge and skills to have the chance of getting what they want in the...
View ArticleGoal Epidemic
Are you setting goals for yourself and/or your organization with conviction? Even worse, are you part of the audience at large that does not make a habit of setting goals? If I were to audit all the...
View ArticleHave you ever Washed a Rental Car?
During the last six months I have been asking this question, “Have you ever washed a rental car?,” of my clients, prospects, and friends. The reactions are varied, but the answer is always the same,...
View ArticleHave Your Goals and Achieve Them Too!
You see it every day in your daily lives and particularly at year-end, with all of the New Year resolutions and business plans. Next year you are going to do all of those things you have never done,...
View ArticleIs Your Company Flying in V Formation?
Geese fly in V-formation for aerodynamic efficiency. Are management and staff focused on reaching a common goal through teamwork? How do you know if your teams are staying focused and flying in a...
View ArticleMake 2008 Your Best Year Ever
If you listen carefully to the talk of the town, you will notice that recession is in the air. People talk about the stock market, the real estate slowdown, oil prices, the presidential election, etc....
View ArticleMake 2009 A Year of Possibilities
A few days ago, I was interviewed by a local radio station in Miami about the effects of the current recession on small business. After the interview was finished, they called me back and expressed...
View ArticleMake a Decision to Grow
Do you want to grow your business/yourself and survive in the attempt? Do you think you have what it takes to move to the next level? If your answer to the previous questions is in the affirmative you...
View ArticleMeasure and Build Employee and Customer Loyalty
The two most important measurements in your business are not revenue and net profit. While these are clearly desired outcomes, to get them one must focus on employee loyalty and customer loyalty, in...
View Article“People”: The Secret Ingredient to Success
In simple terms, you can measure your business success by how well you get customers, keep customers, and the efficiency of your operations. Many companies measure their success by revenues, income and...
View ArticleProductivity Gains Through Positive Motivation
To paraphrase H.W. Beecher, “God made people to go by motives, and they will not go without them any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas. Find out what motivates individuals, and we...
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