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I am not what you would call a “tech guy.” But, I have ridden the wave and consistently been ahead of my competitors when it comes to…
It is a well-known fact that a Crew Leader is only as successful as his crew. In many ways, a supervisor’s role is a mirror image, only on a bigger…
Small businesses need to fulfill the same administrative roles as any larger organization but often run into a number of issues that prevent the…
I remember receiving my first formal performance review like a nightmare. I was 22 years old. I sat down with my Boss in early September, and he…
The season is here! For the last several months you’ve been upgrading your team. Now is the time to put winter training to the test. You can…
One of my favorite leadership books is First, Break All the Rules, by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman. When I read this book a few years ago, it…
I recently read the new biography of Steve Jobs. The man lived an amazing life. The biggest takeaway I got from the book was “Intense…
Everything we do, say and become is determined by what we are thinking. Steven Covey writes in, “The 7 Habits,” that everything is created…
A common way of tracking Pay-for-Performance in contracting industries is by tracking Gross Profit. For example, If a Crew Leader is better…
This weekend I was reading a book called Leading Change, by John P. Kotter. There was an entire chapter dedicated to why companies fail at…