Oct 29, 2015 | Business, Marketing, Organizational Leadership
The older I get the more I realize how completely self-absorbed I am. It’s terrible. I say I am self-actualized, but often that is just a fancy hyphenated word defining the phrase “really accomplished navel gazer”. At some level starting ideaPraxy a...
Sep 30, 2015 | Business, Marketing, Organizational Leadership, Self Improvement
One of the things that I find difficult about putting myself out there – like in this blog – is that I am trying to impart helpful or motivational information to inspire and maybe even positively transform people’s lives and businesses. So I put my...
Sep 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Sometimes the gap between where you are and where you want to be is large. It is comprised of several things: energy, knowledge, and perspective. But you have the most important ingredient – desire. So how do you begin to bridge this gap? Sleep, learn, reflect...
Jun 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
One of the stories I tell over and over to anyone who will listen is one from my own journey, from my days as a financial planner. I was young and awed by the barely older and widely successful financial planners speaking at the conferences I was going to. Then one...
Feb 2, 2015 | Business, Organizational Leadership, Uncategorized
Who are they? They are your prospects and your past clients. They are your network and your industry contacts. Often the challenge of a small business or even a leader in a large organization is that when business is booming, we gladly leave behind the...
Oct 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
A common theme I am seeing today in boards and charity executives is an insatiable desire to grow exponentially. With brave statements like, “If you are not growing you are dying!” Chairmen push CEOs to create budgets that represent 20 and 30% (or more)...
Jun 17, 2014 | Business, Organizational Leadership, Uncategorized
As a musician I get a kick out of those who approach me and say, “I wish I could play and sing like you.” Invariably I respond with a simple answer. “Start, take lessons, look up how to play on YouTube for free, it’s all there for the...
May 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
One of the big dangers in leadership is being a fat-head. Literally being smart, well read, and even able to explain great leadership concepts to everyone else, but not ever get them out of your head and in to practice. Concepts that we have all learned from the likes...
Apr 25, 2014 | Organizational Leadership, Uncategorized
One of the most difficult tasks in leadership is to fire people. Senior leaders are among the few with the authority to do it but, sadly, few of them exercise that authority – often to the detriment of themselves and their organization. I have fired my fair...
Mar 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
A definition of sustainability from Merriam-Webster online is: able to be used without being completely used up or destroyed. The ultimate in sustainable income is a royalty or fee based income stream that “renews” monthly or regularly for a service or...
