Blog ArchivesDecember 2009
John D Rockefeller life is told in the book Titan by Ron Chernow. Much has been said about the man often claimed to be the richest man in the world. Verne Harnish, founder of Gazelles put Rockefeller’s genius for business into a book, Mastering the Rockefeller Habits which distills his... More > > Posted: Monday December 28th, 2009
Where are you going?
I can’t think of anywhere it wouldn’t require some planning. Unless you're like Alice in Wonderland with the Cheshire cat you simply don’t know, and then any road will take you there.... More > > Posted: Saturday December 19th, 2009
One of the more difficult lessons that leaders need to learn is the value of following your system. This past week I was reminded of this when a prospect I had met with for a needs analysis of his business got back to me that he preferred to work with a coach in person rather than on the... More > > Posted: Saturday December 19th, 2009
Ethics defined is that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions.... More > > Posted: Tuesday December 15th, 2009
Here’s what I learned about attitude.
Formula for Human Potential – Brian Tracy
IA = In Born Attributes: Quality, personality, intelligence, temperament that we are born with.... More > > Posted: Friday December 11th, 2009
A week ago Monday I had to take my basketball officials test again. Officiating basketball games is my hobby. Yet there’s a lot in the game of basketball and sports in general that applies itself to business because it is so competitive. If you watch or participate in any game with... More > > Posted: Friday December 11th, 2009
Several months ago Mary Barnes, my marketing director, asked me to write about Leadership Ethics. The recent Tiger Woods debacle, issues that I’ve faced personally as well as those I’ve been working with my clients recently on raised this on my radar screen.... More > > Posted: Wednesday December 9th, 2009
Tuesday I took a half day off to travel to Roosevelt High School in Des Moines with one of my clients, Roger Vorhies of Schaus Vorhies Construction and a friend of mine, Dan McGovern. We wanted to see firsthand the work that Sports World is doing as their former pro athlete’s deliver their... More > > Posted: Wednesday December 2nd, 2009
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