Start Cultivating Your Leadership Presence  We tend to be pragmatic and ‘business like’ when we are in business, and especially in leadership. After all, there is a certain expectation of us, right? Maybe that is...

                  Successful Change Requires Listening and Storytelling It seems to be hard wired in the human condition to dislike change. Some of us are more welcoming of it than others, and when you are in management you...

                Boring & Dull May be the Secret to Your Championship Team  This isn’t a podcast of sports stories, quotes or analogies. It’s a discussion of how championship sports teams became champions due to the efforts...

                  Stop Creating Happy & Excited Employees, Said No CEO E-V-E-R  Your job is not just about making money. If it’s the only thing, you’re doing the wrong thing. When finances are the primary driver of an...

              Is Your Workplace Like B.S., Incorporated?  Have you ever felt like you worked at B.S., Incorporated? No, not that B.S., but Business Services, Inc! Often our workplaces can seem like a soap opera or Peyton Place, yet...

                Treat Employees as Members, Not Transactions  Are people accepting employment at your company to add an impressive 18-24 months of experience to their resume? If that pattern is the norm, are you wanting to find...

                How to Manage and Lead Remote Workers Successfully Is your business managing remote workers successfully? While there are pluses and minuses to using virtual employees, there is a way to do it successfully and to...

                Leadership Requires Getting in the Trenches and Doing, Not Just Learning Great leaders have developed their ability to connect with others by learning about and understanding what motivates each individual. They...

              Any Sized Organization Can be Out of Alignment. Is Yours?  Does your company have a well-crafted mission and purpose, a clear vision and a strategy to turn that into action? Mission statements shouldn’t be plaques on a...

                Positive Leaders Love Team Members and Hold Them Accountable Do you know what the #1 predictor of success is? Over talent, title, wealth or appearance, grit will get you to a successful finish line nearly every...

                  How Long is Your Hiring Process Taking? Stop the Madness! Stop holding a parade of four to eight interviews before hiring new employees. It is an unnecessary expense and can be accomplished successfully...

              Stop Searching for Others’ Permission to Live Your Life  Are you achieving your goals or the goals someone else has for your life? Even if you think they are your goals, are you sure? Every day, insidiously, our power...

  Managing from a Position of Darkness? Know Your Numbers…. You are leading from a position of darkness if you aren’t intimately familiar with your numbers. It is critical to have this knowledge when you are in management leading teams and the business. The...

              Change is Necessary and Good – Announcement of New Podcast Schedule It is human nature to struggle with change, because we like to hold on to the familiar. Yet, most times it can be good. Business must change based on...

                We are All Risk Averse – Get Over it and Be Successful  It’s a struggle from birth. Our DNA hard-wires us to avoid risk. We are told ‘no’ thousands of times as a child and the educational system punishes...

              How Will You be Known? Are you willing to set the standard? Are you willing to stop following the crowd and begin doing the right thing (even if no one else is doing it) and not do the wrong thing (even if everyone else...

                You Have Immense Personal Power -- Tap into It Who would have thought it possible for a lowrider from San Pedro, who overcame armed robbery, the L.A. riots and an assassination threat by the Chicago mob to become...

                Quit Looking for Someone to Blame How easy is it for you to say, “It’s my fault”? Of course, it’s never easy, but it must be done when the team makes a mistake and fails in some way. Blaming others is a waste of...