I know several people that hate their businesses. They are miserable. Unhappy. Hate Monday's. Can't wait for the weekend. Sadly their weekends aren't any fun either because... they are thinking and worrying about work. Funny thing is they actually have pretty good...

You will never achieve Work Life Balance.Stop the freakin' presses. Say what? I didn't really say that, did I? Yes I did. Surprising...huh? Building a business that serves your life has been my mantra for over 15 years. It's been my life mission longer than that. So...

A prophet in the Old Testament wrote, "Without a vision the people will perish." We need a vision. We need a purpose. Otherwise something within us dies. If you are 'people' this applies to you. If you are a business owner, it is true for your employees as well....

"No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it." Albert Einstein Said another way, " We need to change our approach if we want different results." Here is the catch...sometimes we don't even realize we are approaching the same problems...

How you manage your confidence, or lack thereof, in your business will have a direct and long term impact on the future growth of your business. If you lack confidence in your people you will have a tendency to micromanage. Allow me to explain. My 7 year old daughter...

If my kids were voting for the dad of the year today I wouldn't get their votes. You'll understand in a minute. In fact, you will probably be shocked by what I did. It all started yesterday when my wife and I got an email from one of the teachers at my kids school. He...

People love to talk about leadership. Leadership is sexy. It inspires. It sells books. For some reason when we talk about management...zzzzzzzz...oh sorry...I dozed off for a second...it's a snoozefest. At least for some. But let me tell you something about...

"Servant-leadership is all about making the goals clear and then rolling your sleeves up and doing whatever it takes to help people win. In that situation, they don't work for you, you work for them."  Ken Blanchard Here are some things that might be helpful to...

Monica Zalaket of SAM Auctions made a very simple yet profound statement last week. Don’t discount the power and truth of the statement. The context of our conversation centered on a question she asked regarding being an effective manager. As their company is growing,...

If you have employees you expect them to perform. You want them to be successful in the work they do. And I have news for you...they want to be successful too. Rarely have I met an employee who doesn't want to do a good job and succeed. Granted, over time they might...