A Simple, Effective Time Tactic For Greater Personal Productivity
How many hours or minutes of your day are wasted by engaging in some activity at the wrong time? I want to share with you a simple, effective, and often-unused trick for getting more done in less time … Continue Reading >
6 Ideas To Manage Your Boss
“I’m not getting any air time with my boss,” he says. “I’ve got big ideas to share, problems I want to bounce off her, status on projects she needs to hear. I want her input. And often I need approval before I can go to the next step. I need help pinning her down! What can I do?” … Continue Reading >
Why We Overcomplicate Things And How To Reduce Complexity
Ever feel like your life, your relationships, or your projects are a mess… too muddy and too complicated? Well, who doesn’t at times? … Continue Reading >
9 Ideas To Overcome Procrastination
Did you know between 80% and 95% of college students procrastinate on their school work, according to the American Psychological Association? Some say they work better under pressure, but this may not be true … Continue Reading >
13 Ways To Manage Distractions In The Workplace
How much better would your productivity be if you could have another 1 or 2, maybe even 3 hours during the day? Well, you can. By simply eliminating or minimizing distractions – those things that take our eye off the ball … Continue Reading >
Why Do Most Strategies Fail? 6 Reasons.
The business landscape is littered with strategies that have failed… companies that have tried new directions, entered new markets with no success … Continue Reading >
9 Essentials To Conduct The Perfect Meeting
I was having a conversation with a CEO client of mine last week, and in it, he said to me, “Oh, I am so frustrated! Meetings in our company take so long; they’re unproductive; they take us nowhere; we never come to resolution. How do you fix this?!?” … Continue Reading >
6 Ways To Create a ‘Thinking Big’ Mindset
Most people get small results in their life and it frustrates them. And one of the reasons is, they think small to begin with … Continue Reading >
4 Traits of Exceptional Leaders
If there’s one leadership question that I get asked more than any, it’s probably this: “Rick, what’s the one thing I could do to be a better leader?” … Continue Reading >
8 Steps To Achieving Your Goals
Last week, a CEO I’m coaching told me he’s very frustrated that he’s having much better success in his business than he is in his non-business, personal life. He says that he’s quite unfulfilled, miserable, and he needs help … Continue Reading >
Motivating Your Team
It is not the leader’s job to motivate staff. If you have an under-performing employee who can’t seem to get up for the game, it is not a sign you’re a bad motivator. It’s a sign you made a bad hire. Everyone needs to be self-motivated … Continue Reading >
6 Compelling Reasons To Encourage Confrontation
I have no scientific statistics on this, but by my own personal observation, having worked with close to 300 high-power strategy teams and thousands of CEOs and senior executives – ‘confronting’ is one of most leaders’ least favorite things to do … Continue Reading >
The Essence of Strategic Planning Success
You want to establish an unfair fight in the marketplace. No, I don’t mean unethical or illegal. I mean you want game-changing, competitive, strategic advantages your competitors likely don’t have … Continue Reading >
6 Secrets of Time Management Mastery
As a workshop and keynote speaker, strategic planning facilitator, and leadership trainer, I get asked all of the time … Continue Reading >
4 Roadblocks To Setting Goals
Today I want to talk about roadblocks to setting goals. Much is written about why and how goal setting is effective – but this is about something different. What stops people from setting goals. … Continue Reading >
2 Key Challenges Most Businesses Face
A funny thing happened to me last week. I was speaking to a group of CEOs in a small group, and about 20 minutes in, one of the CEOs asked me this question … Continue Reading >
How To Kill Relationships
Did you know the divorce rate in America has exceeded 50% for decades? Even worse, it exceeds 50% in second marriages too. This suggests that we’re not learning our lessons and we’re repeating the same mistakes … Continue Reading >
4 Ways Leaders Self-Sabotage
Today I want to talk about something rather provocative… 4 ways leaders self-sabotage their own influence with their own team. You may be guilty of 1 or 2 of these, or maybe all 4 … Continue Reading >
9 Powerful Components For Building Great Teams
This past Monday morning, very first thing, I got a frantic call from a CEO client. She said she was troubled all weekend and needed help … Continue Reading >
