Are you clear about what you want and are you living in alignment with your core values? If you truly want to live your life on purpose, answering this question is the prerequisite. It’s your starting point.

“Wouldn’t it be great to spend every day working with clients who are ideal for you, clients whom you can hardly believe you get paid to work with? It is completely possible once you identify who you want to work with and determine with absolute clarity that you will settle for nothing less. Once you do that, [...]

Businesses exist to make a profit serving needs in the marketplace and growth is a clear metric of success in doing so. For the small- to mid-size business owner, one of the biggest impediments to growth is capacity. If there’s little time for you to work “ON” your business, something must give. An often overlooked or [...]

When he was a boy, Stan vowed he’d never be a father like his own father—aloof, critical, and emotionally unavailable. Yet, 30 years later, he catches himself treating his son harshly and constantly judging him for not measuring up. Patricia loves her job and her boss. The only thorn is that her boss prizes punctuality [...]

If you have employees, difficult conversations are the key to success in your business. And if your company is like most, the organization desperately needs more of them. At the same time, remote work environments and digital communications are making it more difficult to just walk into an office and chat. Also, since “difficult” or [...]

“There are no classes in life for beginners,” wrote poet Rainer Maria Rilke. “Right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.” Saying the hard thing can be one of the most difficult things we ever do but it’s crucial in a business setting. Getting the important stuff done is honestly impossible [...]

Do you consider yourself a visionary entrepreneurial type with a perpetual stream of ideas flying out of your brain or an integrator personality that loves to put the best few ideas into action building something special brick by brick by brick? It’s amazing how many founding business owners I’ve worked with over the past several decades [...]

In over a decade of coaching some of the top producers in the country, the natural focus tends to be on... you guessed it… how do I grow my revenues? Deep inside, after all these years, we all still want to believe there’s a silver bullet, a best-kept secret. Yet, the reality is the silver bullet [...]

An organization is only as strong as its employees, and a group of employees will only be as strong as its weakest members, especially among leadership. In order for the employee and collective group to achieve their potential, there is nothing more important than ensuring motivation is high throughout the organization. During his tenure with [...]

Onboarding is not easy to define. Some organizations limit it to a simple meet and greet, a tour of the facility, and “baptism by fire” on-the-job immersion training. Onboarding, however, is so much more than that. If done well, it can be a true differentiator for attracting and retaining top talent while accelerating the learning [...]