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Arrogance and Incompetence – The Deadly Elixir of Poor Performance
- This Blog was written by my good friend and colleague ActionCOACH Kevin Weir (republished with permission). The Peter Principle tells us that a person will rise to their level of incompetence. This may be true in all sorts of endeavors. However most individuals, when they reach this level, willingly ask for assistance or will be […] Read More
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What Can We Learn About Business From The Boston Pops – Part 1
- Originally posted 7/15/2014, revised 2/2/2022. While at Tanglewood on a summer evening for a wonderful Boston Pops Orchestra concert under the baton of conductor Keith Lockhart, I started thinking (as I often do) about business. It was then that a very powerful analogy struck me … a successful business is analogous to a symphonic orchestra. An […] Read More
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Why Should I Be Your Employee?
- The trending topic among business owners is the shortage of qualified candidates. Among the CEO’s I meet with on a regular basis, only one says their company is fully staffed. What is behind this “labor shortage?” Granted, it’s not a simple answer. One option to solve your labor shortage is to market to prospective employees […] Read More
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Getting Through Those Conversations You Don’t Want to Have
- Originally posted 12/2/2015. I was recently reading a great article in Success Magazine by Shelley Levitt about difficult, delicate and distasteful conversations. Several of the points in the article bear repeating with emphasis. But first some background. Many managers, leaders or entrepreneurs work very hard at avoiding these kinds of conversations. This is a big […] Read More
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You Can’t Do It All
- Originally posted 2/13/2019. The cover story in the current (January-February 2019) edition of Entrepreneur Magazine is a profile of Michael Strahan (Link to the article). Not being a daytime TV viewer, or a NY Giants fan, I was not very familiar with him. Until I read the article, I was almost totally unaware of Michael […] Read More
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What Can We Learn About Business From Collegiate Golf?
- Originally posted 3/10/2020 I recently read a great article in the December 2019/January 2020 issue of Golf Digest by Derek Duncan, entitled How We Roll. The article focused on several players and coaches of the University of Texas and Vanderbilt University golf teams. Buried within the presentation of the school’s various coaching systems and the […] Read More
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