Nov 2, 2023 | Leadership, Organizational Culture, Organizational Leadership, Self Improvement
I have been thinking a lot about community over the past several years. Many of us have had to re-think what community is at the most basic level – and what it is not – coming out of the pandemic. A lot of airtime is given to the concept that “people make...
Oct 16, 2023 | Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Productivity, Self Improvement
One of the challenges of our social media culture is the deflating effect of scrolling through posts and looking at the success of others on a daily basis. The reality is that those posts are either the result of many weeks, months or years of perseverance towards a...
Aug 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
A repeated conversation I have had with many CEOs is a frustration with their relationship with the board. It stems from a feeling that the board is never satisfied with the information they are receiving. When a CEO doesn’t have answers to the questions they’re...
Jul 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
As a consultant I often wear the hat of a coach or cheerleader. I am an advocate for the things I believe will actually help get you to the next level. One of the things that I am broken-record about is gait. The consistency with which we do the things that will lead...
Jun 1, 2023 | Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Productivity, Self Improvement
It becomes increasingly difficult to say no to things that are off vision if you don’t know both where you are going and how you plan to get there. In this instant gratification culture we are forgetting the underpinnings of what got us here. Vision: a clear...
May 23, 2023 | Business, Leadership, Organizational Leadership
For years I have heard that the practice of long-term planning is passé. The time frames of planning changed from 5 years down to 3, then 2, and now many are positing that in essence flying by the seat of your pants so you can “pivot” with technology and the changing...
May 18, 2023 | Business, Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Productivity, Self Improvement
The definition of stuck that I am thinking of here is this: “to remain in a static condition; failure to progress.” Along with this, though, is also the awareness that you are not happy in this state. So how does one become un:stuck? Usually we are stuck because we...
Jan 24, 2021 | Leadership, Organizational Leadership
I only have one thought on this today. Not original, but certainly where I am living right now: Double down on vision/mission. Adversity does bring opportunity, but chasing something off mission/vision will ruin those potential opportunities by distracting you from...
Feb 19, 2016 | Leadership, Marketing, Productivity, Self Improvement
There is a path that is worn down by the successful. It definitely includes these four things. Plan – You must have a strategic and tactical plan based in reality. Based on some rule of thumb, like what kind of conversion and close rates can you count on, that...
Feb 1, 2016 | Business, Leadership, Productivity, Self Improvement, Uncategorized
To be transparent, everything is a push right now. I am very busy – in a good way, and every part of life is challenging. ideaPraxy is evolving and growing in the direction of the vision I have for it… but slowly; slower than I want. Every task seems to...
