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Strengthen Your Mindset in 2022
When you strengthen your mindset in 2022 you will see less stress, better results, and ring in 2023 from a far better place. The question is how? Let’s face it. The hits kept coming in 2021 and while you have goals for 2022 what might stand in the way? As you’ll see,...
Simplify in 2022
Simplify is my Word of the Year for 2022. A few years ago, I started each year with a focus word rather than a slew of resolutions. Two years ago, my word was “Intentional.” The focus was on taking planned actions towards a goal rather than just reacting. Last year it...
Level Up Your Leadership
Business owners, level up your leadership in 2022 to achieve all your goals. Why? One-third of businesses will not survive their first two years in business, and only half will survive five years. The strength and ability of the leader is the critical differentiator...
When Leaders Fail
In March 2020, I confessed my Florida Gator fandom in a post on the value of coaching. At the time, our then Coach Dan Mullen appeared to have turned our program around. And less than two years later, my Gators are 6-6, and a new coach is on the way. I’m no expert on...
End Leadership Overwhelm
I talk with a lot of business owners and CEOs. And like their teams, they’re tired. And they want to end leadership overwhelm. Whether it is from COVID, a changing economy, hiring and retention struggles, or a combination of all three, 2021 has been a long year. If...
Leadership Mindset
A leadership mindset is crucial for professional and business success. Far too often, I see leaders promoted into roles because of individual contributions, connections, or just the ability to interview well. Over the last few weeks, I’ve touched on important...
Leadership Courage
Leadership Courage is not something we talk about right now. Transparency and empathy seem to fill blogs and articles right now. And those are good things, but they are not the only thing. Recently, I've seen leaders in my circle take courageous actions to move their...
Leadership Curiosity
Leadership curiosity is one of the most crucial leadership traits. Our job as leaders isn’t only to make decisions; it is to ask questions. And who do we ask these questions of you might ask. Just about everyone. Effective curiosity drives leaders to ask questions of...
Setting 2022 Goals
Is setting 2022 goals a priority for you right now? Leaders carry the responsibility to balance finishing the year strong with increasing the focus on next year. And it’s crucial to plan for next year. Why. Because in the words of Yogi Berra: if you don’t know where...
The Value of Vision
The value of vision is how it keeps your team together when times are tough. How it allows you to recruit the right people to your team. It clarifies for your customers how you will serve them now and in the future. And it keeps leaders focused in a world full of...