How Optimism Kills Business Planning
Are you knee deep in business planning? Consider that the very ideas that support how you grow your business and where you should invest likely already exist. However, you may be overlooking them. It’s natural this time of year for CEOs and Executives to reflect on their organization’s performance during the past year. Considering whether […]
READ MOREHow To Create an Environment that Fosters Individuality
There really is no way to effectively change a company’s culture and this is because employees are your culture. It’s important to look at who today’s employee is and what they value in order to build a productive work environment where employees are contributing at their highest calibre. Listen in to this week’s podcast and find out […]
READ MOREImmediately Boost the Productivity of One Employee
It is possible to immediately boost the productivity of one employee, in this article I’ll tell you how. I spend a considerable amount of time driving, the result of working with clients that span North America and living in somewhat of a remote community, so it’s not uncommon to frequently come across cars that are […]
READ MOREWhy You’re Going About Business Planning Wrong
It’s the time of year when CEOs, business owners and executives alike are considering growth. Whether last year was a down year or revenues were significantly up over the previous year, you can never ever stop considering how to grow your company. Why is this important? Because your competitors are constantly thinking about how they […]
READ MOREHow CEOs Can Build a More Collaborative and Empowered Culture
This past week I had the pleasure of meeting with Mike, the CEO of a global automation company. Mike’s company is still family owned despite having eight locations around the world. During our discussions when I asked Mike about demand for robotics and his customer base he shared a dramatic example: “In some instances Shawn, […]
READ MOREThe Best Ideas Often Aren’t
When the executives at Blockbuster decided to turn down Reed Hastings’ offer in early 2000 to sell Netflix for $50 million dollars (Netflix is worth $32 billion as of this writing), do you think this was a good idea? I mean, it’s easy to look back today at the value of both companies and […]
READ MORETime is Running Out
If you’ve studied or better yet worked with any millennials in your organization, no doubt you’ve found their needs from a workplace to be different than previous generations. This isn’t to say that specifically what they want from their job is different than any other generation, however they are definitely more apt to be vocal […]
READ MOREWhy Team Dysfunction Is a Leadership Problem
During a talk last week to a group of COOs of Distribution Companies across the United States we spoke briefly of the origin of team dysfunction. It would seem that all leaders deal with dysfunctional teams at one time or another and although there are various methods to overcome dysfunction, what we spent the most […]
READ MORECan You Increase Employee Productivity by 20X?
During the past several months I’ve had an ongoing rivalry with a colleague and close friend of mine as to whether the Blue Jays would beat the Cubs in the World Series. It turns out we were both wrong. Our banter back and forth has been cordial, but laden with suggestions as to which team […]
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