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Compete on extraordinary value - not price
Everyone likes and appreciates a good deal. There are buyers who just aren’t happy unless they beat you down on price. But there are buyers who are... Read More
Impatient for profit; patient for growth
The relentless pursuit of business growth can kill your company. There are countless examples of companies that found themselves in dire straits - or... Read More
Good night, Irene: Adapt and overcome
While I was in Sacramento, California, doing a No-Compromise Leadership workshop, Hurricane Irene was barreling toward the East Coast on a track that... Read More
Frustration and trusting that the dots will connect
Frustration over an extended period of time influences your leadership thinking and behavior in a not-so-favorable way. Your temper can flare over... Read More
Getting off the hamster wheel
While presenting one of my No-Compromise Leadership workshops, it was obvious I touched a nerve when I hit the subject of leaders being stuck on the... Read More
Don’t allow it to get all over you
Last week I worked with my team at an Incubator seminar in our business academy, next door to our corporate offices. Incubator is four days of... Read More
It's the thinking and behavior
I just completed a tour of the Zappos corporate headquarters just outside Las Vegas. It was fun and enlightening to actually experience how a... Read More
Leadership and Happiness
Along with being the leader of a company comes a whirlwind of feelings, and somewhere intertwined in those feelings is happiness. By happiness,... Read More
An Entrepreneurial Manifesto - Part Two
Based on the volume of blog comments, last week’s MMWU clearly hit home with readers. My intent was to reinforce the one sacred and magnificent... Read More
An Entrepreneurial Manifesto
I have been an entrepreneur for almost my entire working life. I have experienced first hand the elation of success and the crush of failure. My... Read More