A Much-Needed Fresh Leadership Perspective
BY PHILIP STRUBLE Entrepreneurs and small business owners – even leaders at midsize and large companies – tend to suffer from the same problem: They want to control all the decisions at their company. Bosses are often under the impression they have achieved their standing today due to their excellent decision-making skills. While this may More...
The Illusion Of Communication
BY RICK BOXX • JUNE 3, 2024 Early in my banking career, I had the difficult task of communicating to one of our customers that our loan committee had decided to decline his loan request. When I met with this More...
How Love Can Propel Your Business
BY JOHN JOHNSON • MAY 27, 2024 What would be the primary traits you would consider essential for effective leadership? Would you include qualities such as vision, courage, determination, perseverance, charisma, More...
Have You Considered What Is True Success?
BY ROBERT J. TAMASY What is your definition for ‘success’? If we were to conduct a survey of 1,000 people in the marketplace, we probably would find the word to them has many different meanings. Because, More...
Executive Summary Of The Sermon On The Mount
BY STEPHEN R. GRAVES • MAY 13, 2024 I love when a proven leader delivers a distilled executive summary or brief with points or principles you can quickly understand. This is one reason Jesus Christ’s Sermon More...
Making Peace In The Face Of Hostility
BY RICK BOXX • MAY 6, 2024 Recently, I received a call from a former work colleague whom I had not heard from in years. He quickly launched into an angry tirade about an email I had written to others that More...
What Travel Agents And Bankers Have In Common
BY KEN KORKOW • APRIL 29, 2024 We all, in one way or another, have dealt with bankers. Probably on both personal and professional levels. Many of us also have had dealings with travel agents on occasion, More...
To Win Life’s Relay Race, Don’t Drop The Baton
BY ROBERT J. TAMASY It is often said that life is not a sprint, but a marathon. Unlike a sprint – a race that ends almost as quickly as it starts – a marathon is a long, grueling race requiring persistence, More...
Not Becoming Consumed With The Love Of Money
BY JIM LANGLEY At one time in my life, I was greatly motivated by how much money I could accumulate. Pursuing wealth became a way of life. This is hardly a new or unique development, however. It has been More...
Feeling In Control – Reality Or Illusion?
By Robert J. Tamasy You show up for work on schedule, your mind already thinking through your plans for the day: meetings, deadlines, specific tasks, or projects you want to work on or finally complete. You More...