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Leading in a Storm

When things get difficult the MOST IMPORTANT part of your job might be that while you are communicating with the 5 C’s, you also need to be truly OPEN to input and opinions from key stake [...]

How to Lead a Team to Success No Matter What Size It Is

The road to success, as Ford says, involves working together but the real work lies in keeping the team focused and goal-oriented, especially when a business grows over time as a result of its accomplishments or [...]

The Power of the Why

Yep, we’re at about the mid-point of the year. This is the time – whether or not you have been doing so up until now – to take a look at what goals you made for [...]

Game On, Finish Strong

Its half time and I’m calling all our readers into a huddle. So gather around. As we’re here in the huddle I have to ask you, “how big are you willing to play?” [...]

Are You Asking the Right Questions?

Too many times we leave open a “back door” – we tell ourselves we will do one thing, and then we fail to live up to our commitments – our DEAL – with ourselves! [...]

Leadership, is it worth it, and why it sucks?

What is so great about being a leader anyway? Leaderships isn’t always what people make it out to be. It’s a privilege to lead, but can be a heavy burden to carry. There are great leaders [...]

Truths about Women and Leadership

This past week, a post on the Harvard Business Review website released what some might consider a surprising finding: when asked by a committee of their peers, bosses and direct reports, data shows that overall (on [...]

Notes for a First Time Leader

Being given a new title brings with it a series of responsibilities that the surface view of the job never revealed. Sure, you’re getting a better paycheck and an office with a corner view, but you’re [...]

The Truth about Working with Your Spouse

As a successful business owner who has bootstrapped her own business, and successfully navigated her way through the labyrinth of government contracting, I field endless questions about business growth, marketing, financing, strategy, HR issues, and work-life [...]

Innovation: A Bridge to Somewhere

So much has been made of innovation lately, you can hardly turn a page in a magazine or watch which doesn’t boast about innovation in one form or another. But most of what is called innovative [...]