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Of Course You Do -Dec 22, 2020

Jabbering about multitasking was all the rage as cell phones began to blanket the world. There was talk of greater productivity because doing two things at once would quite obviously cut the time needed to accomplish both. Just do the math, right? Turns out what was obvious just ain’t so, Read More

DePaul University -Apr 07, 2020

Reading time – 24 seconds; Viewing time – 16:57 . . . Every semester my former Vistage CEO member Bruce Leech, now Executive Director of the Coleman Entrepreneurial Center at DePaul University in Chicago, asks me to present to his senior year students. It’s immensely rewarding and fun to be Read More

Sparks -Jul 10, 2019

Reading time – 38 seconds; Viewing time – 1:41 . . . Delivering a series of executive workshops in Southern California recently gave me an opportunity to first visit with my brother. He’s been trying to sell his house for quite a while and I went there hoping to help Read More

No Really, How Dumb? -Jun 11, 2019

Reading time – 39 seconds; Viewing time – 1:46 . . . Of course you’re smart – how do you think you got to where you are? Yet, is it possible you’re actually even more capable, but that something is holding you back? The answer, of course, is yes. In Read More

Focused On Business -Nov 09, 2018

Reading time – 29 seconds; Listening time – 48 minutes . . . Terry White runs Sunwest Trust, Inc. in Albuquerque, NM. In further service to the community, he hosts a business radio program on KIVA, called Focused on Business. I was recently in Albuquerque and Terry asked me to Read More

What About Sales? -Aug 07, 2018

Reading time – 32 seconds; Viewing time – 1:09 . . . Question: Is sales excellence a leadership issue? I don’t mean leading a sales team; I mean the actual sales meeting with a prospective new customer. Answer: It certainly is. The world is full of sales people with great Read More

I Was Going To Say Something So Smart -Feb 24, 2017

Reading time – 23 seconds . . . Yes, I really had something special for you. Really insightful stuff that can rock your leadership world. And it will just have to wait for another day. My pal John Howman, TEC group chairman extraordinaire and crafty strategic consultant in Wisconsin, publishes Read More

What I Wish I Knew Back When I Thought I Knew – Chapter 1 -Nov 15, 2016

Reading time – 39 seconds; Viewing time – 1:55 . . . When I was growing up it was all about being smart and clever. He who is the fastest with the best answer wins. Truth be told, I was pretty good at that. I got lots of pats on Read More

Advice from Mother Steele -Oct 25, 2016

Reading time – 39 seconds; Viewing time – 1:44 . . . Michael Steele is the former chairman of the Republican National Committee, former lieutenant governor of Maryland and insightful political pundit. He was interviewed recently on David Axelrod’s podcast, The Axe Files and offered some comments about leadership his Read More

The Lesson -Sep 12, 2016

Reading time: 39 seconds (plus a little)

It's critical to learn this lesson.