Most businesses suffer from a “cash gap.” This is when you, as the owner, spend cash on payroll and materials long before your customer pays you. It’s necessary to do…
In her best-selling book Grit, Angela Duckworth writes, “As much as talent counts, effort counts twice.” Business leaders prioritize talent over potential to an extreme degree in others and ourselves. However,…
Too many talented executives delude themselves into believing they can will their organization to become more successful, collaborative, efficient, et cetera. However, high performance in organizations doesn’t magically occur just…
Many managers struggle with learning how to create a simple employee training strategy. On paper, their training strategies and methods might seem straightforward. In practice, however, training can often set…
I perform in a musical group. We practice a piece of music approximately six times over three weeks before a performance, and usually, by the fourth time through it, it…
Executive coaches are like sports coaches: they can help take a player from average to extraordinary. However, many leaders don’t consider hiring an executive coach until their business is already…