"The beatings will continue until morale improves!" is one of my favorite sayings, because it's playful, pithy, and powerful. Why, oh...

Behold Brad Pitt--entrepreneur and role-fit exemplar extraordinaire. He's a great fit for the movie star archetype: handsome, creative,...

If you are a fan of happiness (and who isn't), perhaps you, like me, have been curious about how the heck Denmark keeps landing at the...

It's true. Being greedy presents a very real danger to the long term profitability of your business. This may sound like a no brainer,...

There certainly are more than three mistakes you can make in your strategic planning process, but here are the ones we see most often:...

It's insidious. You're sitting there alone in your counting house counting all your money, with the gleaming stacks of gold coins piled...

The advantages of treating others as you would like to be treated seem so incredibly obvious that I'm still shocked when people don't do...

A salesman doesn't know the correct answer to a question about his product from his client. He makes up some fake "data"; to support the...

It's sad, but it's true--we don't know what we don't know. How could we? Out there in the world, we know everything we need to know for...

If you're thinking about how to improve the performance of your business, think of it as an energy system. If "perfect" existed, the...

"A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a...

If you want to create lasting business success through sustained financial high performance, then here is a high-level road map. If you...

I'm curious about your reaction to the title. Do you find this idea exciting? Unsettling? I wonder why? Women are better natural leaders...

Yes, you heard right. To achieve maximum performance, either personally or for your organization, often the wisest move you can make is...

I have good news and I have bad news...and I have more good news. The good news is that the economy is recovering and gaining momentum....

The Vice President of Marketing was long past tired. She stared at the document in front of her without really seeing it; her mind was...

This newsletter is dedicated to the memory of Stephen Haines. He was one of the foremost strategic planning experts in the world, my...

The Vice President of Marketing was long past tired. She stared at the document in front of her without really seeing it; her mind was...

This newsletter is dedicated to the memory of Stephen Haines. He was one of the foremost strategic planning experts in the world, my...

The CEOs were long-time friends, but at this moment they were both red in the face, animated, and adamant about their points of view. “I...