“If you don’t drive your business, you will be driven out of business.” – B.C. Forbes I recently spent some time with a business owner in our area. He’s a nice guy, but it was exhausting. His view of the world is pretty simple: everyone else has resources I don’t have, I can’t possibly compete … Read more
“The world is full of people that have stopped listening to themselves or have listened only to their neighbors to learn what they ought to do, how they ought to behave, and what the values are that they should be living for.” – Joseph Campbell I like to give people credit for being fairly intelligent. … Read more
“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.” – Alvin Toffler Quite often when people are inquiring about someone’s business, they’ll ask, “Are you keeping busy?” Usually the person will respond with some comment to the effect that yes, they’re … Read more
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” – Proverbs 29:18 At its most basic, the purpose of Growth & Profit Solutions (GPS) is to help business leaders – or people in general – dream up their future and then make it happen. Which is why it’s always frustrating to see those people settle for … Read more
“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
“When you’re through changing, you’re through.” – Bruce Fairchild Barton I’m a huge sports fan. I’ve probably spent more time playing & watching sports than all my other leisure activities combined. It’s always interesting to watch teams that seem to have an identity. They know who they are, they know their strengths and weaknesses, and … Read more
“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” – Winston Churchill It’s been the trendy thing for some years now for leaders to talk about “buy in” from their people. And certainly it’s not just trendy – it really does matter. It is important that people in your organization are … Read more
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” – Flannery O’Connor I recently conducted a workshop for a group of business people whose industry is in the midst of very rapid, radical change. Without exception, this group has been very successful over the years, but the changes they’re currently experiencing cast … Read more
“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.” – John Wooden An organization I spend a lot of time with recently took a few hours to work through a change success model, the idea being to identify potential barriers to change. We talked about things like change readiness, capability, beliefs, etc. Eventually we … Read more
“We cannot become what we need to be without changing who we are.” – Max DePree Oftentimes as leaders we fail to see the need for change in our organizations. Sometimes, though, we look at change as obvious. We’re not happy with the results we’re getting or the way we’re getting them and we see … Read more
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