My Interview on the Laura Sprinkle Show

Deep Thoughts

Laura Sprinkle and I have some history. We’ve worked together, ALMOST worked together again, ALMOST worked together a SECOND TIME…then worked together briefly……and perpetually WANT to work together.  But recently we caught up and recorded our...

We Need to Talk About Your Delegation

Deep Thoughts

We need to talk about your delegation. I know, I know. The very mention makes that vein in your temple throb again. (Sorry.) Because — you’re not an idiot. And they’re not idiots either (tho some days, you would admit to doubting this). So why. is. it. that you guys...

Read My Mind

Deep Thoughts

Unless you hired for clairvoyance🔮 – your team is waiting for you to paint a picture of what to build. What does “Done” look like for the project you assigned? What MUST it have (or do)? What must it NOT have? So often I hear frustration from CEOs that they have to...

The Devil You Know

Deep Thoughts

Change means friction.⁠Effort. Investment.💰⁠Faith.⁠⁠There’s a high cost to change. 😰⁠⁠That’s why so many of us default back to “muddling through” 🙈⁠⁠So basically we’re saying: ⁠⁠“It’s a little too tough for me to think about how I might do things differently, so...

Are you placing enough bets?

Deep Thoughts

How do you know that what you’re doing in your business will work?You don’t. We don’t. We lay some bets 🎲 and see what pans out. (With a whole lot of elbow-grease in the meantime.) It’s one thing to acknowledge that “failure” is part of how our businesses grow, but...

Bottleneck #2: The Team Member Bottleneck

Deep Thoughts, Operations

The 2nd bottleneck I want to talk about is a team member bottleneck. Many of us are all too familiar with this one. What does a team-member bottleneck look like in your business? Here’s 3 common ways that it appears: 1. You have a team member who is just not reliable....