How do you position yourself to move away from the day-to-day details of your business? This may be one of the biggest single issues that face most business owners today. It is not uncommon to get trapped in the details of today’s business to the point where you cannot find the time or [...]

Have you ever wondered whether performance assessments really work? Most of us have been involved with performance reviews in a past corporate life. We remember our experience with these as being impersonal, subjective, and punitive. The administration of these processes were largely complicated, bureaucratic, and largely ineffective.
So I can imagine as you enter stage [...]

Congratulations on taking the time to create your own Personal Development Plan! I trust you have shared it with your team so that they can see what you believe to be important and that you are serious about getting better yourself.
If for some reason you hit a bump in the road last week and [...]

Exceptional leaders are constantly working harder on themselves than they are on their business! The success of any business is limited only by the thinking, knowledge and growth of the senior-most leaders on the team. What is the limiting factor in your business?
Welcome to Stage 40 of the 2010 Tour de Profit. [...]

Welcome to Stage 39 of this year’s Tour de Profit! You are straight off a much-needed week of rest. I trust that you used last week’s “off week” to do what I suggested – find time to get away and simply THINK! As business owners, we seem to have a preference for [...]