Apr 20, 2017 | Business, Think About it Thursdays
“Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.” ~ Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence If you serve in a leadership position long enough, you will value the presence of more leaders in your organization. The true test is this: How does your...
Apr 11, 2017 | Business, Current Events, Media Relations, Think About it Thursdays
Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses. – John C Maxwell “A funny thing happened on the way to the forum.” When I made out my April content calendar, I was planning to write a blog about leadership in regards to the customer’s experience...
Apr 6, 2017 | Think About it Thursdays
It’s been said that great leadership is knowing how to be persuasive. Using humor in persuasion is risky, because humor is so subjective. Not everyone will think you’re funny, and you could potentially offend someone. And so, against all conventional wisdom, I once...
Mar 30, 2017 | Think About it Thursdays
“Just do it.” ~ Dan Wieden, co-founder of Wieden & Kennedy, ad agency for the Nike brand What good is talk about purpose, mission and values if it never leads to true action? The key thought is to “operationalize” your company culture. Align every system and...
Mar 23, 2017 | Think About it Thursdays
My wife thinks I’m a spontaneous person. Impulsive and spur-of-the-moment. It’s true. I am afflicted with S.O.S. – “sudden outburst syndrome” – and occasionally overshare. “You can’t spell T.M.I without Tim,” she often says. While it feels liberating, on the one...
Mar 16, 2017 | Business, Think About it Thursdays
Quick! What’s the leading cause of start-up failures in America? If you said “lack of funding,” you’d be wrong. A report, compiled and published by CB Insights, ranked all the reasons startup founders gave for their failures (aka: post-mortems). Their number one...
