Simple Is Powerful and Effective
““No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element of thinking.” ~ J.P. Morgan One task that binds every business leader together is problem solving. We are...
Gut Check
“A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.”~ Frank Capra Intuitive thought is given a bad rap in a data-driven world. We can’t take our peers through a spreadsheet quantifying “that gut feeling” we have about a particular decision point. To say you’re...
To Decide or Not to Decide?
““The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.” ~ Napoleon Hill There’s a little red blinking light that goes of in the corner of our eye when we are asked to decide. The longer we pause in coming up with a...
Really, a Section on Meeting Notes?
“When your heart speaks, take good notes.”~ Judith Campbell Taking meeting notes is probably as Business 101 as it gets. Yes, I take notes during meetings … let’s skip this chapter. Not so fast grasshopper. Yeah, you take notes, but are you taking the right notes?...
Words Are Tools: Use the Right One for the Right Job
“There is a great power in words, if you don’t hitch too many of them together.”~ Josh Billings There is a transformative power in the language we use with our teams. If you don’t believe that words are important, why do news stories waft across our feeds about a...
Train to Win
“The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat.”~ Navy SEAL adage Any discussion of performance is bound to dredge up sports analogies, but the connection between excellence in business and athletics is more tangible than you might first think. The meld...
