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DO YOU SERVE the First Slice of Pizza FIRST?

I was leading a coaching session with a business owner and client when the recent difficulty of filling key roles in his organization was brought up. He’s not alone, for most leaders the great resignation has meant that a smaller pool of applicants is available to fill vacancies. For my...
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DO YOU SERVE the First Slice of Pizza FIRST?

I was leading a coaching session with a business owner and client when the recent difficulty of filling key roles in his organization was brought up. He’s not alone, for most leaders the great resignation has meant that a smaller pool of applicants is available to fill vacancies. For my...
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Do You Lead a Pack of Failing Leaders?

It’s been a busy but fruitful couple of weeks. This weekend, while taking in a beautiful sunset at Retreat Ranch, I started to recall a repetitive conversation I’ve encountered many times with senior executives during my executive coaching sessions. It was the constant worry of the boss of bosses that...
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How to Kill Passion and Create a Losing Culture

‘Winning? Who desires that? Gross!’ In this week’s post we’ll chat about why you can’t have passion when creating a losing culture. Before I dive in, let us recap some of the key ingredients needed to make failure a success.  The Perfect Ingredients for A Losing Culture *Recipe serves 1...
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Where Do You Stand on Belief Leadership?

“Believing in yourself means knowing a good day makes for a good week, a good week can make a great month and a great month can become the best year!  But it all starts today! It all starts NOW!” Belief is a necessary companion in the business world. Without it, we...
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What’s the Ultimate Sales Tool, Personality, Product or Price?

Recently, I was consulting with a sales professional, and we were discussing his success, or lack thereof, with attracting new clients. He had a serious challenge with landing new prospects, they would often avoid meetings with him or were simply unresponsive. Understandably, he was pretty broken up about it and...
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Which Boss Would You Choose?

Last week, we spoke about the Great Resignation and its impact on you, a fearless leader in the middle. This week, I want us to take a step back and adjust our lens.  We’re now in the employees’ shoes and my question to you is, given the choice, which boss...
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