Tough Times, Tough Calls: Client Selection
I was leading a half a dozen entrepreneurs in a lively group discussion. The topic was the way in which leaders distinguish themselves in [...]
Hard Work Shows – No Fooling Anyone!
When I handed him his change, I knew he had been doing work I had never done – and a lot of it. I [...]
Lights, Camera…Leadership Lessons from the Set
Show them. Don’t tell them. Stories speak louder than statements. We love to watch truths revealed in story. Stories engage us and endure in [...]
Operating in Strength Zones: The Ultimate Power Booster
One of life’s great paradoxes: the most obvious things are often the hardest to do. In this paradox I include things like following a balanced diet, regular exercise, and being [...]
Technology and People: Drawing the Lines
The first time I recall obsessing over it was the late 1990s. Dot.com businesses were increasing geometrically. The banking industry hurtled toward Y2K. It [...]
Words Leave Indelible Marks: A Tribute
This one is for my dad, Bill Higgins. He passed away recently at 92 years of age. I think I could make a real [...]
Coaching is Motivation and Discipline: Jesse Haddock
He never even played the game until a year before he started coaching it at the collegiate level in a very competitive conference. Over [...]
Small Business and the Upside Downside Ratio
Entrances and exits are the most memorable moments. What happens in the middle is a blur of dedication, effort, confusion, and re-dedication. Parenthood taught [...]
Great Pitchers Need Great Catchers: Which Are You?
I came across a big idea in Max Depree’s Leadership Is An Art, last week. Depree states, “You see, every great pitcher needs a [...]
Breakthrough Energy
I find the last ten percent of any effort to be extremely difficult. It could just be me, but I do not think it [...]