Many of us “lead up” in our companies without even knowing it.  Leading up is known as “the act of working with people above you…to help them and you get a better…

“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think.  That is very uncommon in American business.  I read and think…”   ~ Warren Buffett[i] One…

Dr. Jim Underwood contends that Corporate IQ provides a “concrete, quantifiable method to rank companies within industries” (p. vii).[i]  Corporate IQ “measures the degree to which a firm is prepared to operate within and…

“Always check small things.”                                                                           ~ General Colin Powell, My American Journey, 2003 A few years after my wife and I bought our first small business, we decided to offer our General…

The more people employed by a company, the greater the potential for dissatisfaction within the office environment. Employees are a basic necessity of a company. Some companies operate with only one person,…

Leadership teams often don’t reach clarity because they are waiting for certainty. People fear the future, and understandably so since it is unknown.  Unfortunately, business leaders are not immune.  Every day, leaders…

“You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.” – Ken Kesey[i]  LEADER is a word bantered about in…

An effective learning organization is one that · has a high commitment to creativity and innovation, · promotes a healthy view of risk with a tolerance for failure, · seeks a diversity…

Scripture: Psalm 24:1, 100:3; Luke 6:38; Rom. 14:12; 1 Cor. 4:2; Col. 1:16; Eph. 6:7 One of the first statements in most economics textbooks is that incentives are important for understanding behavior.…

Have you ever learned something significant from a bad boss? Research has uncovered the twelve top characteristics of bad managers, which include features like arrogance, poor directions, and lack of effective feedback.[i]…