Remember that feeling when you first became a supervisor? One day you're crushing it at your individual role, and the next… you're supposed to somehow develop other people's careers with a once-a-year conversation that everyone dreads. Yeah,...
Funny how stories stay with you isn’t it? I remember listening to a speaker many years ago, probably on an audio cassette, as they described the significance of the little dash on a grave marker. That little dash that is traditionally placed between the year a person...
There are so many vulgar words in our day-to-day vocabulary these days. Some I’ve never even heard of before but non the less they are out there. To me there is one word, that mother of all words… it’s the dreaded “C” Word that just gets me every time. You might be...
My friend Denny Ward of Sales Velocity recently wrote this great article on Rapport Building and how to do it right! Check out Denny at his website. I moved to Indiana in the spring of 1996 from Cleveland, Ohio. I grew up in the suburbs and had very little...
Are you as puzzled as I am about why there is a run on toilet paper? (no pun intended) Maybe you’re like me and have seen pictures all over social media of empty shelves and carts with dozens of rolls of toilet paper on board. There have even been videos posted of...
Increase Your Leadership Ability with These Ten Skills As a leader, do you think how well do you relate to your people matters much? The answer is relationship is the important factor in having an engaged and motivated team that works together to achieve outstanding...
