May 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
Many leaders are amazing abstract thinkers. It is what makes them visionaries. It is what makes them inspiring. But all good leaders have the ability to make the abstract into reality. To actually accomplish the vision. To me what sets the good leaders apart from the...
May 15, 2013 | Organizational Leadership
So what have we learned? Take Risks, But Mitigate Both the Up and the Downside It’s mildly impressive. 85% of Canadian start-ups make it to one year, so 15% don’t. Better to be in the 85%, but it is the majority. That being said, every year the survival...
May 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
In this post, when I refer to leader, I am referring to the CEO, or where the buck stops for the organization. Other leadership positions within an organization are important, but are still dependent on the leader and the degree to which he or she succeeds in these...
Apr 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
This is advice I give from my life of experience so far. I will add that it is a terribly difficult thing to do. Malcolm Galdwell famously wrote in his book, Outliers, that it takes a person 10,000 hours to get to expert status. Rudy Giuliani is famous for focusing on...
Mar 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
So here we are at the end of March. A quarter into the year and it’s time to analyze. How have we done? Have we met our goals, exceeded them, fallen short?I heard a podcast from Andy Stanley, a pastor from the United States, where he stated he likes the concept of...
Mar 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
In Simon Sinek’s book “It Starts with Why” he does a great job of inspiring us through both story and science about the importance of purpose for our organizations, and really ourselves.I have spent much of the last year using this current take on...
Jan 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
I am a huge believer in the principle of sowing and reaping. But you have read that here before.One of the things that is also important is finding a way to aggregate the information that comes form activity (sowing) and collating into useful data buckets (part of...
Jan 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
I constantly advise my clients to keep activity consistent, whether it be blogging or business development. Establish a pace and then keep it, remembering that it is a marathon not a sprint. Keeping it, however, is the key.So why haven’t I been keeping it?...
Dec 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
I hope that you have experienced a tipping point personally. Not necessarily a viral one that made you world famous, or radically changed your life, but one where it finally felt like you pushed through the resistance, went over the hill and started to feel a little...
Nov 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
This completely goes against another view I have which says that when you are convinced and passionate about something, you should pursue it wholeheartedly without listening to the naysayers. Having said that, I always believe in balance in life – as a...
