Apr 7, 2016 | Business Strategy, Leadership
This is my April column for the Kitsap Sun/Kitsap Business Journal. How do you track the success of your business? Unfortunately, a high percentage of small to middle market enterprises (SMEs) -employers of less than 500 people – track their business success like a...
Mar 9, 2016 | Business Strategy, Leadership, Professional Development, Uncategorized
From my March column for the Kitsap Sun One of the hallmarks of the “American dream” is for that opportunity to build your own business from a passion and have it form your lifestyle and security for generations. Entrepreneurship is a noble avocation. Many...
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...
Jan 29, 2016 | Business Continuity Strategies, Business Strategy, Leadership
I was at a client meeting and was asked a very good question – “How can you tell if someone has an entrepreneurial spirit?” This inquiry came out of a conversation around perpetuation planning. The question is really about knowing how someone is wired. Not everyone is...
Jan 22, 2016 | Business Continuity Strategies, Business Strategy, Leadership, Uncategorized
I was driving in to my Rotary Club meeting this morning and a country song came on the radio that made me pause to think. The song is “Gonna Know We Were Here” by Jason Aldean. The lyrics from the chorus that caught my attention were… Ain’t...
