Leadership
The Inspirational Tom Lounibos
I’ve known Tom Lounibos a long time. He was a ball boy as a kid, and I threw footballs to him in the Rose Bowl before Super Bowl XI against the Oakland Raiders in 1977. In the 1980s we worked together in business. He is one of my favorite people, and he has gone on…
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Best of Mentoring: Dave Crenshaw on Switching Costs
Dave Crenshaw’s mentoring series teaches the power of focus, and how the maximize productivity and overcome chaos. He discusses how to budget your time, prioritize your most valuable position, and say no to tasks that distract you from where you would be more valuable. In this session, Dave talks about how much switching from one…
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10 Steps to Accountability
Early in my career, my boss gave me what he called “The 10 Commandments” to personal and team success. It was a laminated, front-and-back, wallet-size card with 10 statements on each side. One side was titled “10 Steps to Accountability” and the other side was “10 Steps to Right Person, Right Place, and Right Time.”…
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Becoming a Peak Performer
I recently had the pleasure of speaking at an event for our newest partner, EO Atlanta, one of the largest chapters of the global Entrepreneur’s Organization. I was interviewed by Thor Conklin. Thor is the host of the Peak Performers Podcast, whose goal is to present “the tools, strategies and psychology to not only break…
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Best of Mentoring: The Katelyn Rule with Jeff Hayzlett
Jeff Hayzlett’s mentoring series focuses on helping you think bigger in your business, and connecting vision to action. Discussions include how to act with boldness, identifying your personal conditions of satisfaction, and the stages businesses go through as they grow. In this session, Jeff talks about how he empowers his employees, using the example of…
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Are You Still Learning?
I played in the National Football League for 18 years. I played in 246 regular season games with 239 starts, plus 11 more playoff games, including 3 Super Bowls. There aren’t many, before or since, who have played more. But here’s the thing: after all that time, all that experience, I was still learning and…
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6 Tips to Help You Avoid Organizational Complexity
As your small business grows, it’s not always easy to keep your processes simplified. The more mature an organization becomes, the more things accumulate and get in the way of performance, even though many times, simplicity is what made the business a success in the first place. Complexity can be a major hindrance to the…
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The 3 Ways to Build a Team
The NFL Draft, coming up in just a few weeks, is the most high-profile job hiring process in the world. Think about it: athletes spend years playing in high school and college, building up a resume and attracting the attention of the 32 NFL teams. Then hundreds of top candidates are put under a microscope…
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Is Good Ever Better Than Perfect?
“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” – George S. Patton I have been thinking and talking a lot lately about how to build marketing plans. So let me share a little secret with you all: The perfect marketing plan does NOT exist! Let me give you…
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Best of Mentoring: Kory Kogon on The 5 Choices
Kory Kogon’s business mentoring series looked at the keys to building a powerful, productive team. That means building a team of people who have both character and competence, understanding how to motivate the 21st century employee, and identifying all the diverse stakeholders in a business. In this session, Kory talks about how to manage time…
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