By David Pierce I love wine. And that love has moved me to visit some of the finest wine regions of the world—touring wineries and even participating in the production of several barrels in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys of California, from harvest to bottling. Through my travels, I’ve come to understand the nuances of […]
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Free-Photos / Pixabay I’ve heard on more than one occasion a leader mention how employees need to earn their trust. My first reaction is to cringe, shift in my seat and then ask, “why?” Some of the responses I’ve gotten are, “I don’t know if I can trust them until I’ve worked with them,” or
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Fear of criticism…keeping you from gold. Sometimes I get fan mail: “Listen I have to tell you…..I kind of threw up in my mouth a bit when you launched your company. Just being honest. The videos, the pictures smashing glass things with your shirt unbuttoned…doing pushups in a bamboo hut and videotaping it……it was just
Most everyone reading this piece understands that life goes by too quickly. Not that long ago my wife Michelle was bringing her 85-year-old father back from a doctor’s visit that revealed he had terminal cancer. He would live about six more weeks before he passed away. He was a special man that lived a great
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geralt / Pixabay Interim management is in demand. More and more businesses are using interim managers as solutions to a number of issues. If you have always liked the idea of the role now is a good time to make the leap and become an interim manager. Good interims have key skills that all sought
It’s exciting, and sometimes a little unnerving to be placed in a leadership position for the first time. You have the potential to guide a team of talented individuals to success, but you also have a responsibility to make solid decisions. It’s easy to make a few beginner’s mistakes, but most of them are avoidable.
Alexas_Fotos / Pixabay When it comes to professional social gatherings the reality is that people at almost every organizational level experience some form of anxiety, faced with the prospect of meeting new people. The underlying reason is that ultimately, there’s little preparation or training for what’s known professionally as “working a room.” Hollywood has fuelled
By JT Terrell It’s often said in movies and quoted by coaches that in war, “You never leave a man behind!” It’s a wonderful sentiment, and the spirit behind that kind of Bro Code is a powerful team-building, morale-boosting battle cry, but is that really the case…in every case? For example, what if the man (or
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A business’ success is strongly dependant on its team. A weak, unmotivated team can slow the business down and prevent it from reaching its full potential. On the other hand, a unified motivated team can accelerate the growth of a business. The issue is that building and managing teams can be tough. It requires mastering
cdu445 / Pixabay Meetings. The word is enough to strike fear into the hearts of most employees. It evokes wasted time, wasted money, and, above all, wasted energy. They’re slow, pointless, and most of them could be accomplished via email, right? Wrong. Meetings don’t have to be a soul-sucking time waste. If you structure your
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