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Choose Your Destination

When I am dealing with clients, the first thing I always talk about is “setting a destination” and usually that will lead me to talking about actually having a plan… But the key is to actually have a general idea of where you want to go at the start…

“Leadership” vs leadership

Like a lot of people, I find myself flipping through the news…try as I might to avoid it. Here is one thing that I see a lot on the news shows…and that’s conversations centered around “leadership." Unfortunately, too much of these conversations centers on "leadership” as some symbolic and something that is a part of […]

Flat Organizations

As we move towards more projects as the driver of business innovation, it is important that we stop viewing everything as such a silo. Silos are out…teams are in. As a leader of a team, and that’s what project managers are now, leaders…you need to remove the silo mentality by creating a flatter structure in […]

Service of the project

One of the big challenges that any team faces is being able to effectively communicate with one another… There are a few reasons: One, an unwillingness to let down your guard long enough to admit you don’t know something or that you don’t have all the answers. Two, the need to maintain a hierarchy…either real […]

Changing Leadership

Leadership is changing… It is no longer enough to have a title. To have a position of authority. Now it is important to be a leader that serves the team as well as sets the vision. Leadership is becoming a communication job, like most other important jobs…your ability to communicate can define your success or […]

10 Issues Confronting Sports Business Right Now!

I’ve been paying a lot more attention to sports business lately and as I have been looking around, I have noticed several things that seem to be popping up more and more and are the signs of bad trends facing the industry. Here’s a quick primer on the industry and the challenges: Sales: Right now, […]

Integrity is global

In a more globalized, connected world, integrity is more important than ever. Trust and acting with integrity transcend language and borders. Keep that at the front of your mind the next time you are looking for a short cut.