Small Steps

At some point in our lives, we’ve all had dreams of what was possible – for our relationships, our careers, our families, our fitness, our business, or any

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Would You Read This to Save a Kitten?

If Market Research is a critical part of companies being able to offer good products and services, then how come so many of them use the following bogus

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Louder and Slower

First off, I am blessed with good hearing.  Several times, I’ve had the opportunity to work with students from Gallaudet University for the Deaf, and each time was

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The Blind Spot in Want Ads

“The major blind-spot in want-ads is an assessment that we need to increase the number of people engaged in production, rather than increasing the production of value through

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Lean In to the Alligator

In the early 90’s when I was a facilitator for an outdoor education company, I had the opportunity to work with a group of business leaders and elected

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Tree Talk

Two weeks ago, I left my “day job” and all of its income and security to focus more fully on my passion for coaching, helping other, and building

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The Time for the MAP is Before Entering the Organization

We live in a task-, project-, and objective-based society.   How do we bridge that gap between the tasks that rule our lives, and what we really care about?  Living

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What If It works?

For months, I had been mulling around the idea of putting together a mixed-media program with videos, documents, and a mastermind group, all focused on new businesses getting

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A Personal Hedgehog Concept

In Jim Collin’s Good to Great, he presents an idea called the Hedgehog Concept – the sweet spot in business at the intersection of three distinct drivers: What

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Start with Why

There is a video on TED by Simon Sineck, author of Start with Why.  In it, he talks about the fundamental difference in the way leaders and influences

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