Monthly Archives: September 2015
Changing One or Two Things Can Make all the Difference
0 comentsAs you look back over the last few years of your business life — and even your whole life — you probably see that much of what you thought needed to change, didn’t. I could paper our office walls with plans, analyses, and operational goals and reports that were written based on our desire to change and improve our business. Some we achieved, and of course, some we ...
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Succession Planning – Even Sports Teams Need to Do It
0 comentsIf your Rainmaking Salesperson suddenly fell ill, do you have someone who could step in and manage all their files? Has anyone else in your organization built a relationship with your client(s)? What would happen if one of your Senior Leaders was wooed away to another firm; do you have the next generation of Leaders ready to step in? Monday, as I watched the sports highlights of the ...
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Lee Straughan’s Business Essentials
0 comentsA little while ago, I was sitting in a restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where the food is cheap, quick and fattening. The nice people in the restaurant looked as if they wanted and needed it that way. I got thinking about how so many people don’t know the thrill of success or what it takes to get there. It occurred to me that there is a fine line between getting a job, to survive and ...
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If I Only Had the Money
0 comentsWell, you probably do – enough to create a picture of what you want. It doesn’t have to be some grandiose, spectacular picture. Just something that gets you started and you can get excited about. Enough to be desperate enough to want to succeed beyond what looks possible. Just about every successful person I know started humbly, with nothing. They suffered the ups and downs but were ...
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6 Leadership Traits Josh Donaldson (Toronto Blue Jays) Exhibits Each and Every Day
0 comentsI’m amazed it’s taken me this long to write about the 2015 Toronto Blue Jays. For what it’s worth, I’m one of those who can remember the last time it was exciting to be a Jays fan – 92′-93′; I’m not sure if that just makes me old or not. As I’ve watched almost every game this year, yes I have a very forgiving and loving wife, I continue to be ...
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Who Cares About Success?
0 comentsI wonder who really studies success and how to get more from life anymore? With the “busyness” of life taking over our time, it’s easy to just get through the day the best we can without being totally committed to the study of success. And then we are open to believing others will, or should, take care of us like the government, a union or a company. It’s easier to ...
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