by developer | Oct 4, 2019 | Employee, Mission, Owner
Too many owners see their businesses either as an irritation to endure or as a machine merely for profit-generation. A business is so much more. Business and commerce are incredible tools in the hands of thoughtful owners that can be leveraged as a powerful force for...
by developer | Sep 24, 2019 | Delegation, Employee, Owner
Coaching business owners has allowed us some pretty exciting highs. Coaching also requires the thickening of a coach’s skin. There are plenty of days where I show up to “practice” ready to coach and the response is a subtle eye roll from an owner, “Really? ...
by developer | Sep 10, 2019 | Owner, Vision
The headline landed this past week that so many thought might be coming… Since 2008 virtually every business owner has thought, “when will the next recession come and how bad will it be?” Yours truly has wrestled with the same question during moments of emotional and...
by developer | Aug 26, 2019 | Mission, Owner, Vision
“Wig”, as most call him, sat in front of me over the simplicity of a Subway sandwich shop table and motioned his arm with a fist up and down saying thoughtfully and slowly, “it’s about wisdom.” Wisdom. Last week I was with a group of Cross Country athletes from our...
by developer | Aug 26, 2019 | Employee, Owner
I was exhausted and standing in front of a Customs Official in the Lagos airport. “Where is your yellow immunization card?” My face turned yellow I’m sure as my eyes darted through my passport. I was no stranger to the Nigerian customs process and was usually well...
by developer | Aug 11, 2019 | Owner, Vision
We stopped about 38 minutes through our coaching time and one of the Owners asked, “could you help us just sell our business?” He was frustrated with his construction company because construction is hard. With all of the lead hunting, bidding, questioning, job...
