A Company of Me’s

A Company of Me’s

There is a tendency for us to like others who are like us. While there is nothing wrong with that, it does have a tendency to narrow our thinking and our behaviors.  We keep doing more of what we like and what our friends and associates like and soon we find we’re...
I Don’t Trust You

I Don’t Trust You

I don’t trust what you say.  I trust what you do. No matter how much we say trust us, unless we behave in a trust worthy way, others won’t trust us, actually we don’t even trust ourselves. Think about it.  When you tell yourself you’re going to do something, how often...
Communication and Conversation

Communication and Conversation

The other day I was having a conversation with a client and she was upset with the person who was planning an event for her.  The next morning I was having a call with the event planner.  From each of them I was hearing how the other one was not doing what they needed...
Creating Or Recreating Your Vision

Creating Or Recreating Your Vision

You’ve been in business for a couple of years now, and maybe you’re tired, you’re working too hard and worst of all maybe you’ve forgotten why you’re doing this.  It’s beginning to seem like the same old treadmill – Get up-go to work – work – come...
Are You Working On Your Business Or In Your Business?

Are You Working On Your Business Or In Your Business?

This month I’m going to talk about the CEO’s role as that of the Visionary. I had a client a couple of years ago who wanted to grow his business.  As we talked about how he envisioned his company growing and what size he was thinking about we started talking about how...