How Will You Grow as a Leader?
April 26th, 2018I once posed a question to a group of CEOs and business owners: “How did you learn to be a leader?” The best answer I received was “I watched what my Dad did and then…
More Fun More $$$
March 26th, 2018After he’d removed the previous leadership team and stepped back into the CEO role, P. John Aldred, the founder of Enerflex Systems, lamented to me that for weeks he’d looked in vain to find someone,…
Seven Things That Ruin My Enthusiasm
February 26th, 2018DEAR BOSS: You’ve been talking a lot about why you want us employees to be highly engaged. Likewise, you’ve received many suggestions on what you could start doing. Believe me, I want to be enthusiastic…
It Takes A Team To Scale Up
January 26th, 2018As I’m writing this article, Justin Thomas has just broken through and won the PGA Championship, one of golf’s four major championships. As he thanked his swing coach, his putting coach, and all the other…
Coaches Corner: Getting Employee Buy-In
December 26th, 2017A business leader I know lamented to me that his last efforts to implement strategic planning failed. “We just didn’t get any buy-in; neither from our employees nor from some of our leaders. It ever…