“Play by the rules but be ferocious” is the advice given by Phil Knight, co-founder and past chairman of Nike. I believe that all of us need to take this to heart and make some adjustments in how we lead and run our businesses! There is no need to be ruthless, dishonest, nefarious, or unscrupulous […]

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This week’s book summary is a podcast link. I was recently featured on the “Ideas and Stuff” podcast episode 50! We covered a lot of ground in about 30 minutes, including: Vision, Mission, Values BHAG Strategy Goals Managing risk Business failure 15 Minute Business Blueprint Mastermind Groups Check it out here and let me know what you […]

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If you cannot write out the plan for where you are taking your business in 15 minutes or less, chances are, you do not have a plan! If you don’t have a plan then you and your business are just floating through time and you are at the whim of the marketplace and all of […]

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What causes a highly successful business, that outperforms the stock market by 6.9 times for over a decade, to all of a sudden become irrelevant and fail? Jim Collins’ book, “How the Mighty Fall” takes a detailed look at companies that were great companies as defined by Collins’ previous book “Good to Great” but fell […]

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Over the last eight weeks, I introduced my Ebook 12 Steps to Business Transformation and I defined the first 8 of the 12 transformational steps. This week we are going to talk about step 9. Step 9 in my new Ebook “12 Steps to Business Transformation” is very simple yet many businesses fail to complete […]

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