Stewardship is the last of the 3 leadership shortages I’ve focused on this week. There are so many more, but it can be like grabbing a porcupine. You just don’t know where to start so you may as well start somewhere. Service was the first one.

We continue our conversation about the 3 leadership shortages I see regularly. Today’s topic will seem identical to yesterday’s. SERVITUDE. the state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful Yesterday we focused on serving your p...

Starting today we’re going to get our toes in the water on the three shortages I regularly see in leadership: service, servitude, and stewardship. Honestly, there are MANY leadership shortages. I’m just looking at these 3 over the next three days.

Touchy feely fru fru alert! Forgiveness is a quality of the highest character. Something we should all aspire to incorporate into our lives, something we should elevate and increase as much as possible. I know revenge and getting even is deemed more fu...

All of us learned the proverbial truth that what you reward gets done. And that what gets measured can be improved. The tougher lesson learned – and one I talked about a bit in the previous show – is that we sometimes get the rewards wrong.

It’s comically effective. Very much so. “Is there anything you’ve tried that has worked better than anything else you’ve tried?” They answer, “Yes.” I respond with, “Then do more of that and stop doing all that other stuff.

The benefits of physical fasting are widely researched and documented. The benefits of social media fasting might not as widely researched or documented, but I think they’re valuable, too.  Which is why I’m doing both.

Intentions matter.  Senator John McCain will lie in state at the Capitol in Washington today. However you may have felt about him, or his politics, you have to tip your hat to the man’s intentions. By almost all accounts,

Small businesses have many advantages. Being highly maneuverable is chief among them. Speed kills competition and wins in the market. Not recklessness. Speed. Not impulsiveness. Speed. As an operator, my mantra has long been to make sure the company wa...

Some people think you just sell your way out of every problem. More sales equal more money. More money means less trouble. Fewer problems. It doesn’t always work that way though. You know if you’re more driven by the top line (revenue) or by the bottom...