One innocent question. That's all it takes. You look up one small thing. Harmless. Five seconds, in and out. Next thing you know, it's 14 tabs later, and you know an alarming amount about something you never needed to know. Somewhere between tab three and tab nine...
Forecasts and budgets are under closer scrutiny right now. Sales targets. Revenue goals. Where you expected to be versus where you actually are. The numbers matter. What hasn't made it into the numbers? But some of the most useful information may not be in them yet. A...
Everyone's back from Labor Day. Suddenly, the targets feel more urgent. There's revenue to bring in, projects to complete, and only four months left on the calendar. The deadline is real. So the instinct kicks in: push harder, close faster, carry everything into Q4....
Strengths don't clock out when we do. You might be the one who somehow gets six friends to agree on a restaurant, turns "let's just wing it" into an actual plan nobody questions, or finds the shortcut everyone else missed. And when a trip starts falling apart, somehow...
What if you're solving the wrong problem? Something changes. Decisions that used to be easy now take more effort, and you're pushing harder to create the same momentum that once came naturally. So you do what capable leaders do. You look for the fix. New strategy....
The fastest thinker in the room might be exactly who you need. They spot patterns quickly and may have three possible solutions before everyone else has finished describing the problem. Put them in a fast-moving sales conversation, a negotiation, or a situation where...
They're officially here. Get Sold on Yourself! and Connecting the Dots are now available. Two books. Two different journeys. One philosophy. Get Sold on Yourself! Get Sold on Yourself! is for the leader who knows they're capable but has somehow lost access to some of...
At some point, you have to decide it's done. Not perfect. Done. That's a surprisingly difficult distinction when you can always see one more thing to tweak, improve, move, rewrite, or rethink. Ask me how I know. 😉 Knowing when to stop With two books heading out into...
Somewhere along the way, most of us learn which parts of ourselves are acceptable. And which ones are a little too much. Too direct. Too fast. Too intense. Too curious. Too emotional. Too impatient. Too ambitious. So we adjust. Some of that is part of growing up and...
After 35 years of working with leaders and teams, I've noticed something. When things start slowing down, it's rarely because people suddenly forgot how to do their jobs. I've seen it in operating rooms, startups, and SMBs trying to scale. A capable leader starts...
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