by Kevin | Feb 6, 2024 | Soft skills, Success, Time
How can you be more successful? I’ve read a number of blogs and articles recently about how successful people start their day or the habits they follow. As I reflected on the insights in those articles, two things became apparent. First, people want to implement...
by Kevin | Feb 6, 2024 | Accountability, Culture, Fractional COO, Leadership
It is not unusual for business owners to tell me they want more accountability in their organizations. My first question for them is usually something like “what’s keeping you from holding people accountable?” I know it is easier said than done. Driving...
by Kevin | Feb 6, 2024 | Culture, Leadership, Organizational Health
Today I read an article that called HR the department responsible “for policing personnel actions and culture.” That struck me as odd. Corporate culture shouldn’t be policed. Leaders model and nurture it; employees create it. Culture is the environment and personality...
by Kevin | Feb 6, 2024 | Growth, Leadership, Organizational Health, Success
It’s a safe bet that if you do a quick internet search on business priorities that increasing topline revenue, improving sales performance, and increasing company value will show up in the top results. Growth matters. To misquote Gordon Gekko: growth is good. Growth...
by Kevin | Feb 6, 2024 | Fractional COO, Leadership, Survival
I’ll admit I’m a fan of survival reality shows like Survivorman and Naked and Afraid. These shows are entertaining to watch and you can learn lessons from reality shows too. I find The History Channel’s Alone to be one of the more engaging ones. The contestants...