Leadership development & business development tools

Great leadership is the display of a combination of tools, skills and behaviors.  It isn’t the result of position power or personality.  Consequently, it can be learned and demonstrated.
Think of the great leaders you’ve known.  I’ll bet they demonstrated most if not all of these skills.
Here’s my list of the top tools, skills and behaviors.
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If you’re like many people, you probably have more things on your To-Do list than you can get done To-Day.  The key to keeping your sanity is creating a virtual sanctuary where you can recover from from the demands of living.
“Easier said than done”, you retort.
Think of it as though you were a momma or [...]

What excuses are you using for not raising your fees?

The economy is too weak?
People aren’t buying anything but necessities these days?
I’ll lose more business than I’ll gain?

I’ve heard them all. I’ve even heard them come out of my own mouth in the past.
Watch this Michael Jordan video and then tell me what you think.
“Become Legendary”

What [...]

Let’s face it.  As human beings, we can be creatures of habit.  For that matter, most every living creature I can think of is either a creature of habit or instinct.  The advantage we enjoy is having access to judgment and choice. But how often to we access that advantage?
It serves us to leverage our [...]

One of the big mistakes some people make is waiting for energy, happiness and prosperity to descend upon them.  Someday, things will be better, they muse.
Well, I’m here to let you know that you control how soon ‘someday’ arrives.
I was out on my morning walk the other day and spotted this dredging machine cleaning out [...]

I wrote an article recently about the strength of your will to survive using a decapitated dandelion as an analogy.
Yesterday, on my morning walk, I spotted another example in nature of the determination of propagate itself. You can see the ends of the ‘leaves’ beginning to brown and curl.  (A more dramatic neighborhood example where the [...]