Why the fundamentals? Vince Lombardi, legendary coach of the Packers, was famous for saying at the start of every season, “Gentleman, this is a football.” Lombardi knew the power of...
Are you a Lead Generator ... or just "Taking Orders" Before you take a complete break for the holidays, make sure to plan some “think” time to clear your head and get ready for 2014. Your Marketing and Sales plans are just the place to start. Take our quick 5 question quiz to help prime the pump. Guaranteed to give you some great ideas for leveraging your time and improving your top line in the weeks and months ahead!
“A lot of you may love mankind, but you hate people.”A good understanding of the “human factor” behind great execution however is what’s missing in many companies. While the right tool kit can help make execution a lot less frustrating, as any good craftsman knows, you can’t just have the right tools for a job; you also need to know what material you’re working with. And in the case of business, that means people...
While duct tape may be the “survival tool” of choice for the guys from “Mythbusters” – unfortunately for most business leaders, duct tape won’t do it when it comes aligning your team and driving great Execution. Great execution certainly takes a lot of discipline but if you’ve got the right tool kit to leverage, it can be a lot less frustrating and significantly more rewarding.
There’s a Chinese proverb, “Failure is the Mother of Success”. Many of us work hard to achieve success, to “climb the mountain”, but in our efforts to get to where ever it is that we’re going, not only do we forget to look back and celebrate how far we’ve come - we also sometimes forget that the pinnacle can be the most dangerous part of the journey. For with great achievements can come hubris – the dark side of success. And Phil Jaurigue has experienced that first hand.