5 Tips to Spark Creativity in Others A few months back, I met with my team to kick off a big project, my next book. I started by asking everyone to share their ideas and saying we’d run with the best ones. We had a concept at that point but not much else. So what I...
Raise The Bar: How Competition Improves Your Game Gianni Versace, the insanely successful artist and businessman once said,“It is nice to have valid competition; it pushes you to do better,” and it appears he may have been on to something. A recent study has found...
The Three Types of Mentors Every Person Needs to Help Them Grow A self-made leader doesn’t make much. I first wrote that statement in 2008, in my book, Leadership Gold. Eight years later, I still believe it. After all, I’m not a self-made man. It took a lot of people...
Top Motivational Phrases Powerful People Use Every Day There’s no doubt that folks who hold positions of power and influence arrived where they are today through hard work, perseverance and the ability to motivate others. Lee Iacocca, one of the most celebrated...
Your Life Can Be A Great Story What’s your life story? When I meet people for the first time, as soon as the introductions are out of the way, I ask them to share their stories—to tell me who they are and where they’re from, where they’ve been and where they’re going....
BHAG: Big Hairy Audacious Goal Chris McChesney calls them Wildly Important Goals (WIGs). This is where great execution starts. His description of those important, overarching goals reminded us of Jim Collins’ thoughts about the BHAG out of the business classic Built...
