How to appreciate your way to a healthier you isn't easy this year. 2020 has been a challenging year for many. I'm one of the luckier ones. Life is good, but that's how I choose to see it. We all have a choice in how we look at the world. More than 2000 years ago, [...]
Social media holiday etiquette is always important. However, this year it might be more critical than ever. As we near the end 2020 we can all agree it's been a demanding year. COVID, racism, and the election have divided America. Unfortunately, too many people use social media to vent, berate, and hold forth. Here's the [...]
Yesterday, I received an invitation to our homeowner's association annual meeting. I have not attended for three years. The last meeting I attended was a budget meeting. The word "budget" was spelled "buget." Maybe it's French, as in, "boo – jeh." The board spent over an hour discussing where to get the funds for snow [...]
I work from home. I manage several social media accounts, and I write four or five blogs a week, various case studies, workbooks, web copy, and some fiction. I have a system. I'm organized. I get stuff done. But today, Tuesday 11/11/20, the internet's down. Noooooo! The Internet's down! What about my Smartphone? Well, yes, technically, [...]
Leaders go to bat for their people. They don’t confuse project management with leadership. Projects are managed—people are led. Leaders lead people. It’s that simple. And it’s that complicated. To lead people, one must care about people. To care about people you have to know people. Do you know your people? 3 Ways Leaders Go [...]
All my life, I’ve looked for ways to overcome obstacles, find a method to improve something I didn’t like, to save waste, or save money, or both. Today, we know these as hacks. I, like many, have been hacking for a long time. My recent hacks have mostly been driven by COVID-19. Here are a [...]
So, what's your low hanging fruit? What are you reaching past while attempting to reach a higher branch? When you ignore your low hanging fruit, you miss one of your best opportunities. A Seminar Last summer, I conducted a seminar with a group of healthcare administrators. A member of the group had acquired my book How [...]
So, what are the top ten reasons not promote someone? We’ve all seen it. People put in management positions that are ill-suited and poorly equipped for a leadership role. But how does this happen? Upper management surely doesn’t want to promote people, who will fail, do they? Poor management, at any level, adversely affects the [...]
Okay, I know I'm early but winter will be here before you know it. I just want you to ready. When you know my top ten indicators that winter has arrived you can go into the season prepared. As some of you might know, I love winter. I love it almost as much as I [...]
If you own or manage a growing small business one of the dilemmas for many small business professionals is who should you hire next? And not only who should you hire next but when should they be hired. Should your next hire be a sales manager, CFO, or Marketing Director, and should you bring them [...]
