March 2015 – CainEllsworth

Greasing the Wheels

March 30, 2015

“Nothing changes if nothing changes.” – Unknown We talk a lot in this space about change & how hard it is for us to change, both individually and organizationally. I had an interesting conversation recently about a different aspect of change – how do you get others to change? More specifically, how do you convince … Read more

How Does Your Team Think?

March 23, 2015

“If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.” – George Patton Not that long ago I was visiting with a local business owner, one we’ve been fortunate enough to work with over the years. Eventually our conversation ended up on the topic of his management team. He got really excited talking about how great … Read more

Do Something Constructive

March 16, 2015

“Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.” – Winston Churchill As leaders, a big part of our job is thinking about the future. Unfortunately, too often that thinking becomes worrying, complaining, stressing, obsessing, energy destroying – you get the picture. I’ve been involved way too many management team meetings where all I did … Read more

You Can’t Just Sit There

March 9, 2015

“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.” – John F. Kennedy I was going to start this week’s post talking about a client of ours who struggles to “do” anything. They talk and talk without it ever amounting to any action. There’s … Read more

Belief

March 2, 2015

“Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I feel like I’ve written about belief a lot lately. If you’re sick of it, my apologies. Unfortunately, I keep running into situations where it’s obviously an issue. I’m not sure why I didn’t notice this for the … Read more

Month: March 2015

Greasing the Wheels

How Does Your Team Think?

Do Something Constructive

You Can’t Just Sit There

Belief

It's time to go "Beyond the Numbers".