There are days as a business leader when you will tire, and your vision will fade. As sure as you will find your way, you will lose it. At least once, or twice, or dozens of time. This is part of your growth as a leader. Good leaders fail and fall often. This is how you learn. This is how you stay humble. When the darkness seeps in, it disorients…
It was a cool spring here on the East Coast. Perfect biking weather. This month, for the first time in a long time, I tuned up my bike and got back out on the trail. And it felt great. After the first few miles to work out some aches and stiffness I slid into that coveted space of clarity and connection that brings me back to these long treks beside the river. Emerging from an…
Your capacity to navigate with a focused, strategic mindset has a direct impact on how you show up as a leader. A client recently surprised me with a copy of the handwritten notes I’d given him from our first session. Scribbled in the upper right corner of the page was a rough sketch of his long-term goals. Now on the cusp of achieving what we’d laid out, he’s built a…
While I’m often asked by business owners what systems, technology, or processes can be layered in to resolve their growth challenges – the most valuable cogs in a sustainable infrastructure can’t be bought. And that’s the people. The most effective leaders surrender into this truth and get sharply focused on developing their teams to ensure they can meet the…
For as many business owners I hear from who struggle with sales, there are more I hear from with a working revenue generating engine yet lack the ability to scale. They hold back on growth because they don’t have the employees, the management team, or the infrastructure to support it. Their business falls in unpredictable and frustrating cycles of hunting work, then doing…
