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Ask your customers what sets you apart
When one of my Vistage Members asked me to look at his website’s new landing page, we got focused on describing his competitive advantages in
He quit????
It feels like a gut punch. You get a call from an important, trusted team member and it is not business as usual. He calls
How old is old?
I was in my teens when the mantra was “don’t trust anyone over 30”. Y2K was going to crash the internet but it didn’t. Singing
Fishing is down, phishing is up
After 3 Vistage meetings this week where Technology Strategic Planning speaker, Joe Beaulieu, spent at least 40 minutes discussing Cybersecurity, I came home to find
We make assumptions….
In life, we make assumptions all the time. I’m feeling good today, so I assume I will feel good tomorrow. If I put away money
Survey says?
If you ever watched Family Feud, you are familiar with the phrase “survey says?”. Contestants guessed the most popular answers to surveys taken of a
Every day habits
Play that old game with me where you take a phrase and change the emphasis on the key word to explore how that changes the
Preparing FOR change
The rains have started as Hurricane Hilary moves on shore into California. The path has shifted east so Los Angeles will not be in the
Confirmation bias
How often do you catch yourself looking for only those opinions that agree with your own? That, my friend, would be confirmation bias: only looking/listening
It’s squirrelly out there
Talking to 30+ CEO’s each month, in a variety of industries gives me a particular view of the economy that doesn’t always correlate with the
Using humor in the workplace
As most of us know, using humor in the workplace is fraught with risk. It can drive people apart, shut them down, or get them
The value of things
Two days ago, our cruise ship, the Viking Mars pulled into Lofoten, Norway, where fishing for Arctic Cod has been a mainstay for over 1000
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