This week’s post comes from our friend Andrew Cooke, a fellow Mindshop member in Australia. Check out Andrew’s web site and take a look at some other stuff he has written. The topic [...]
Late in 2012, business leaders around the world were asked what they saw as their big training needs in 2013. One of the top responses was the need to be better at coaching and developing [...]
I had the opportunity this week to spend some time working with one of our firm’s best clients as their board worked through the beginning of a long-term planning process. This business has [...]
I was visiting with a leader of a local manufacturing company recently about some sales issues they were having. Sales had been falling for some time, and cash flow was becoming a major [...]
As I drove to work this morning with the temperature at three degrees below zero and the wind chill at thirty below, I found myself a little bit amazed that we’re already a month into 2013. [...]
In last week’s blog we mentioned briefly the idea that people are motivated by images, things they can see in their minds. That must have resonated with some people, because a number of you [...]
We talk a lot in this blog about getting stuff done, and why it’s so hard. We try and offer ideas and solutions to help you improve. But for a big chunk of the population, the [...]
Perhaps the biggest frustration we encounter when working with business leaders is the inability of those leaders to get done the things they want to get done. There have been books written [...]
This past Christmas, one of my daughters faced a dilemma. “Dad,” she said, “I’m trying to decide which kind of dessert to have and I’m having a hard time making a decision.” Given [...]
As we move through another holiday season I’m reminded that, for better or worse, in our society a lot of the holidays is about “wants”. As the father of two 6-year-olds that especially [...]
