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Is Your Start Up Really A Start Up

I attend a lot of tech meet ups and conferences and other events where entrepreneurs and executives and people mingle. A lot of the time I hear people talking about their “start up,” but when pushed on it…it hasn’t launched or has no profit motive. Keep this in mind before you go throwing your time […]

Your Most Important Skill Isn’t Knowing Everything…

It is more readily, being able to ask very good questions. In the heat of a meeting or a sales call, we too often forget that the reason most of our clients and prospects are talking to us isn’t because of us…it is almost always because they have some problem that they think we can […]

Consulting In Different Sized Organizations…

One thing that I am asked about pretty regularly is what is the difference between working on projects in small businesses vs. non-profits vs. big businesses vs. government. The answer is both simple and complex…but one point really makes a big difference in your perspective. That is, all businesses and situations are unique. You can’t […]

Leadership Is More Than A Bumper Sticker…

H/T to my client, Justin Chappell, for his campaign slogan of “Issues Are More Than A Bumper Sticker." Leadership isn’t just a slogan or jargon that is lining the walls of the company hallways. Leadership isn’t some fancy training program provided by a consultant that is cashing in on the latest fad. Leadership is a […]

Holistic Marketing Strategy

I’ve been reading about marketing a lot lately. And as I surf the Internet, I see almost universal discussion of tactics like SEO, content marketing, and social marketing. If you ask me, marketing is everything about your business. So instead of a marketing strategy that focuses solely on social, or digital, or any other buzz […]

The Only Things To Focus On…

People, processes, and outcomes… The rest of it is just background noise.

What Is The Opposite Of An Action Bias?

Is it the in-action bias? A bias towards fear? A bias towards being a naysayer? Having encountered the action bias’s opposite too often lately, the question isn’t how do you define it…it is how do you defeat it.