Let It Go
“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” – Erich Fromm One of the more common reasons I hear from leaders for why ...
What’s Filling Your Day?
“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky Most people who lead businesses are extremely gifted, great learners, willing to ...
3 Thoughts On Planning & Agility
“It’s a bad plan that admits of no modification.” – Publilius Syrus One of the parts of my career I enjoy the most is ...
3 Thoughts About Planning
“Our company has a short range and a long range plan. Our short range plan is to stay afloat long enough to make it ...
No Results = No Success
“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” – Winston Churchill I’ve spent some time lately speaking with various groups about ...
Take a Step Back
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” – Sun Tzu I recently attended a ...
Yes, It Still Matters
“Nobody ever wrote down a plan to broke…lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don’t have a plan.” – Larry Winget ...
Don’t Forget the Dragons
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” – J.R.R. Tolkien We spend a ...
What Are You Busy Doing?
“You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.” – ...
How Does Your Team Think?
“If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.” – George Patton Not that long ago I was visiting with a local business owner, ...
