New Work Revolution

Praise.  Why is it so hard?  You like praise.  I like praise.  We all like praise in some way, shape or form.  So why is this so hard again? As a leader of an organization you have probably faced a realization at some point that your praise is lacking in some area. This week’s podcast […]

Confrontation.  People are either scared to death of it and don’t do it.  Or they lack emotional intelligence and they confront in all the wrong ways. Good confrontation comes from having the right motive for the conversation. In this week’s podcast, I share four specific areas to consider the next time you confront someone in […]

Why do you track the numbers that you track in your business?  What purpose does it serve?  Have you ever asked yourself this question? Is you goal to have information about your business?  Will that information then either make you happy or perhaps sad? What if you were able to use the numbers that you […]

Coming down from Mount Horeb carrying stone tablets…oh wait wrong story.  Today’s story includes 10 commandments but instead of Moses we had none other than Dino Watt and he’s talking to us about communication. Communication is at the center of how we live.  Those that communicate effectively enjoy the fruits that come along with it. […]

More.  In business, it’s easy to get caught up into focusing on more and only more.  But there are other parts of the growth equation.  For instance value.  Should you worry about doing more volume when you can provide additional value. Adding value is less about going wide and expanding and more about going deeper […]

I have been a little quiet over the last three weeks but that’s about to change.  I am going to start things off by telling you about a great book that I read last month on marketing your business called Feed The Startup Beast. This is one of the best and most practical marketing books […]

It’s easy for us to consider the ramifications of not confronting people who work for us.  Have you ever considered what the ramifications of not confronting those people are.  Managing a business is tough.  Avoiding confrontation is the path of least resistance that’s easy to travel. Healthy confrontation is essential for your business to perform […]

This week’s podcast is from a group call that I recently did with some of my clients on delegating effectively. Delegation is a topic that comes up again and again.  The call covers: What delegation is Why it’s important Identifying if you suffer from RI (rugged individualism) 6 keys for effective delegation Identifying your next […]

There were times in college where, believe it or not, someone would want to pass on drinking for that particular evening.  When that happened, we did what any mature adult would do.  We peer pressured them.  How did we do it? We asked them, “Who doesn’t want to have fun today?” It worked pretty well. […]

Your business is either growing or dying.  The good news is that you have control over the direction that your business travels.  A growing business is all about intention and putting the right habits in place. In this weeks podcast, I share three immediate tips that you can put in to practice right now to […]

Fear can be a great, short-term, motivator.  Over time, if you operate out of this paradigm for too long, you find yourself choosing an operating system of scarcity. What would your life and business look like if you operated out of a paradigm of possibilities and abundance? This is the topic of this week’s podcast. […]

The easiest way, short-term, to  manage your business and your team is through control.  While control is easy, long-term, it very hard to maintain.  Not to mention that this style of management makes you look like an asshole. This week’s podcast is about influence.  Why it’s harder and three specific things that you can do […]

I want to apologize to all of my other business owner listeners and readers this week.  This week’s podcast is for all of my chiropractor friends. This week I have a special guest, John Davila.  I met John a few months ago at an event that we had.  That introduction turned into the opportunity to […]

You’re at church, work or a get together at a friends house and they ask you how you are doing.  Your response?  I’m good.  Chances are they are good to. Nobody wants to be that person who always dumps their crap on people in an unhealthy way.  Most of us don’t have that problem because […]

What do you do about employees who, for one reason or another, are insubordinate at work?  If you manage people for any period of time, you are going to have this situation come up. This week’s podcast tells you what insubordination really means and how to handle it. If you haven’t subscribed to the show […]

I have on both sides of an employee review.   Employee reviews can be stressful.  It’s stressful to have your performance reviewed (do they hate my work?  Am I doing a good job?) and it’s also stressful to review someone else’s performance (How will they react to this? Should I have this tough conversation or […]

You are the captain of your ship.  Whether you like it or not, you are.  As the captain, you get to dictate what happens with your team or you can let time happen to you. Today’s podcast is about control and controlling what you can control.  There are also some consequences that not being on […]

I remember sitting in a productivity workshop and listening to the moderator tell me about productivity and the keys to being more effective on a day-to-day basis.  He said something that I never forgot during the first 30 minutes of the workshop that changed my life forever.  It helped me reduce the stress and the […]

Persuasion is a part of our every day lives whether we put any effort into or not.  In each moment we can be persuasive in any intentional way or an accidental  way.  If you are a small business owner, you know it’s hard to keep your arms around all the ways that clients can interact […]

The biggest part of creating a great culture in your business is identifying the type of culture that you want to create.  For businesses that struggle with culture, it’s typically because they have allowed their culture to happen by accident. Culture is more than just intention.  Creating a winning culture requires leadership and commitment. Culture […]