Many people think that you are simply born a leader however this could not be further from the truth. Each and every one of us has the skills to lead, however we seldom put ourselves forward or find ourselves in situations when we have to take this sort of responsibility. Of course there are certain [...]
Many people think that you are simply born a leader however this could not be further from the truth. Each and every one of us has the skills to lead, however we seldom put ourselves forward or find ourselves in situations when we have to take this sort of responsibility. Of course there are certain [...]
If you’re like me you’ve had a break, your nose is already to the grindstone again-and yet you haven’t yet sufficiently planned 2011. Before the year gets too much older, lets be sure you’re tracking to create a year that will give you, and those who’re impacted by you, a real buzz. It could be [...]
Mention “team building” in almost any office or company and you will likely get long faces, groans, and maybe even some good old-fashioned heckling. People avoid voluntary team building seminars and classes like voting. You practically have to bribe them and close down the bars and liquor stores in order to get them to attend-much [...]
Every year health care professionals need to receive CME, CNE and CE (Continuing Education Credits) to stay on top of their game. Continuing professional development is critical to keeping up with advances in health care and with changes in the delivery of care. Health care Conferences are a great way to achieve CE credits and [...]
As a keynote speaker sometimes I get the opportunity to do a follow up leadership seminar at the event. I find team building self development activities really need to be catered to the group or they are a generic time drain. A good self development leadership activity makes people laugh, think, understand conflict and work [...]
In the average sales organization, successful sales reps get promoted to managers. These “new” sales managers are suddenly tasked with leadership and training. In these situations, there is one common liability. The salesperson’s biggest strength now becomes the sales manager’s biggest weakness in leading a team. Typically, top sales reps don’t diagnose and document their [...]
Business development is a broad term that refers to ways to create a stronger market presence. It often encompasses market planning, promotional strategies, leadership, and management development to name only a few of its elements. When implemented strategically it helps the organization develop stronger relationships with existing clients and expand the business’ customer base. No [...]
During my career I have found that most succession plans fail. The plan itself might or might not have achieved the family’s objectives for family business succession and transition to the next generation, but it ran out of gas before it was ever completed. It ran out of gas because there was no one in [...]
Family business succession and planning for the long term future is such a never-ending process that what was said during your first conversation with your spouse or another family member can take place weeks even months before you share what was discussed with your advisers. If you don’t write down what is said, in an [...]
According to the results of a recent survey, most family-owned farms need help if they are to succeed beyond the current senior generation of owners. This is primarily because of farm succession planning or actually the lack of it. Without help these farmers will do what they’ve done in the past, nothing until it was [...]
That’s right, your mastermind group should never be confused with a networking group! And it is very important when you are in the act of recruiting members to make sure that everyone, before they consent to join or before you give them a formal invitation, understands the true nature of a mastermind group. There are [...]
Let’s face it most mastermind groups fail because they are made up of the wrong people who join for the wrong reasons. Or the person with the brilliant idea for forming the group in the first place is either to shy or too lazy to recruit like minded individuals in the first place. While considering [...]
When it comes to family business succession planning, possibly the most important element is attitude, especially when it comes to the senior generation’s willingness to redesign the business’s legal structure. OK, each of the other keys to family business succession planning are the most important ones too. That’s because they all depend upon and build [...]
It is not unusual for a farmer to have 90% of everything they have tied up in the farm’s operation. I am not talking about whether or not you own it or the farm owns it or even if the farm corporation or partnership owns it. What I am saying is that you probably have [...]
Lets assume you have opted for the 21st century mastermind group model, where the meetings take place on the phone instead of in person. Even if your original intent was to use the traditional face to face group meetings approach I strongly suggest you either switch to this virtual model for at least some of [...]
When it comes to family business succession planning, possibly the most important element is attitude, especially when it comes to the senior generation’s willingness to redesign the business’s legal structure. OK, each of the other keys to family business succession planning are the most important ones too. That’s because they all depend upon and build [...]
Family Business succession planning, by way of definition, is the orderly transition of the company from the current generation of owners to the next, the folks who are going to be owning and running the operation in the 21st. Century. Seamless management succession and ownership transition is the benefit, the goal, the objective on virtually [...]
If you’ve ever seriously investigated becoming a member of a mastermind group you already know it can be a most effective platform for achievement. In part, maybe because, successful business owners, legendary leaders, and professionals agree that the best are those made in collaboration with people others. Putting together a mastermind group of people we [...]
The best leadership expert would put building trust as the top leadership qualities. Just imagine a workplace that relies on fraud, deceit and regular scams as a way of doing business. Its niche is carved out of false promises and open lies. Thankfully, most organizations like this only enjoy a very brief existence. Contrast the [...]
