May 4, 2016 | Business Continuity Strategies, Business Strategy, Uncategorized
Yesterday was the day that my county (as well as many other communities nationally) hold their “Great Give.” It’s a unique way to ask donors to support all their favorite charities with one payment. It’s a pretty slick process, until… I...
Apr 21, 2016 | Business Continuity Strategies, Business Strategy, Leadership, Uncategorized
I was driving back from a meeting today when my car yelled at me. You see, on the way in to the meeting, my car gently reminded me that I needed to get gas. A little gas can shaped yellow light came on indicating that it was time to fuel up and that I only had 41...
Apr 14, 2016 | Business Continuity Strategies, Business Strategy, Marketing & Branding, Uncategorized
Speed is critical to success in business. Period. While this seems like an overly simplistic statement, I’m constantly amazed at how many entrepreneurs and small business owners don’t follow this mantra. Do you ever catch yourself saying something like:...
Mar 8, 2016 | Business Continuity Strategies, Business Strategy, Uncategorized
Retirement is an ancient and irrelevant artifact. To deliberately stop contributing, creating, and providing value to others is unthinkable (and a slippery slope to irrelevancy and decline). In the grand scheme of things, life is blazingly short. We condemn suicide,...
Feb 17, 2016 | Business Continuity Strategies, Business Strategy, Leadership
Ronda Rousey, in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, admitted that she was so distraught after her defeat to Holly Holm in November that she briefly contemplated suicide. The former UFC champion had been undefeated – and literally unmatched – until Holm knocked her out...
Feb 4, 2016 | Business Continuity Strategies, Business Strategy, Leadership, Uncategorized
The National Football League is a results driven business. Teams are judged weekly on wins and losses. How much a team wins or loses by really doesn’t matter. Did you win or lose? The tally sheet is your win-loss total at the end of the season; the end game is...
