The Iguana: Thick Skinned, Adaptive, Resilient, Ever-Changing As I sat on the beach in St. Croix I enjoyed watching the Iguana’s and couldn’t help make the parallel to business owners. It got me thinking about how adaptive they are despite their ever changing environment and how...
Everybody is a genius, is the message, however each of us have had different experiences and levels of trust in the person who delivers the message. It reminds me of a book I read some years back titled "ZAPP! The Lightening of Empowerment” by...
Now that you’ve had some time to add to your board, capture where you’re spending your time and to identify where there is waste, now you have more information to assess the cost of your ideas on the board you created. R.I.S.E. up and grow...
Transformation is about the journey, not the destination. This painting by Maciej Wierzbicki, which I am titling Transformation, reveals the depth of exposure, exploration, and revelation during transformation. People are complex creatures and this painting invokes so many different feelings through the use of puzzle pieces, colors...
Value-Added Activities Thank you for taking part in the exercise yesterday. It was designed to help you capture where you and how you spend your time. By shining a light on where and how you spend your time, it is likely you found over 60+ percent...
Recap-Lesson 1 Good Morning Feeling a little out of control? Worrying about everything? Fearful that your business might not survive? The best way to counteract fear is to take action. Yesterday you had an exercise to focus your energy on strengths, opportunities and action. Did you make the...
Is this You? Are you walking around slumped over? Are you dragging your feet or feeling deflated? Grab yourself a mirror and see what others are seeing. As a business owner you set the tone for your business and your family. Now that you’ve taken a good hard...
IT'S BEEN A WHILE It’s been a while since I have posted anything, which makes me somewhat of a hypocrite. I help businesses everyday think about and plan for the future, however I haven’t been doing the same for my own business. Goes with the old...
A Different Type of Article This is a different type of article about business ownership. It is written to give you a push, help you to get excited, to dream and imagine your future. As you begin to read this, you probably think this lady is crazy. I...
"42% of the average company's intellectual capital exists only within its employees' heads?" - Thomas Brailsford Opportunistic Considerations A recent report by the Deloitte Consulting Firm titled Global Human Capital Trends states: “Organizations today are increasingly judged on the basis of their relationships with their workers, their customers, and their communities, as...