It’s early in the office and quiet – the perfect time to get things done. When I’m in town, I love these moments. The...
How to Know If You Are Micromanaging (And How to Stop)
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Should You Hire For Experience Or Potential?
While speaking in Dallas during sessions, workshops, and keynotes, a number of people came up and asked a variety of...
One Simple Strategy for Training Your Team
When you think about it, a military command and a sports team—what do those two things have in common when they're not...
How To Keep Employees From Being Lazy or Freeloading
So many business owners get frustrated because they feel like their employees are freeloading—or just lazy throughout...
2 Ways To Combat Loneliness As A Business Owner
Recently, we spent two nights in the Sahara desert. The desert is so mystical and vast that you feel ill-equipped to...
4 Blind Spots Preventing Owners From Retaining Talent and Growing Profit
I’ve heard it said that 96% of businesses will not see their tenth birthday. A study conducted by the Exit Planning...
4 Marks That An Owner Is Turning To A Leader
“It’s just easier if I do it myself.” “No one does it as good as I do it” “They just don’t care as much as I do.”...
A Leader’s Tension: Controlling vs. Under Control
An influential teacher was slowly traveling towards his intended destination and along the way would make time to...
Leading Shane-Beamer-Like-Joy In A World Of Haters
You don’t have to be a college football fan to understand this story, and yet it would help to understand that college...
You Need Someone To Help Defend Your Time And Attention
Thomas and I were doing our weekly check-in when we got to the last statement after I had asked him the Check In...
Stop Waiting: How To Lead Effectively
After its founding, the Roman Catholic Church began to do what many long-standing influential and powerful...
9 Crucial Ingredients Of Leadership?
We were celebrating the birthday of one of our clients whose business was 70 years old. To create a memorable...
Why Does Leadership Matter?
The call hit his cell phone around 7:47 am on Wednesday morning. It was one of his most stable key employees calling...
What is Leadership?
In 1964, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a ruling that reversed a previous ruling by the State of...
Lead Your Team Into A Post-Pandemic World
As we got started, the mood of the room was tempered. We were a small group of 20 business owners all from the same...