A sustainable, healthy business is built on 3 pillars – technical proficiency, business mechanics and personal performance. Technical proficiency – doing the work you do in your business – tends to get most of our attention, followed by learning to run a good business. Personal performance is often neglected. Until quite recently, personal performance has…

While visiting Mark Harai’s blog the other day, I became intrigued by the guest author, Kathi Kruse. I really enjoyed the post, but more than that, Kathi’s photo combined with the fact that she specializes in social media in the automotive sector, I don’t know, the whole thing intrigued me. I had to go to…

I am a firm believer in life-long learning, which is a darn good thing given my ongoing learning curve when it comes to sales. A few months ago I wrote a post about my ever evolving relationship with sales. To help me with my ongoing quest to be fully at peace with sales, my colleague,…

It’s now time to get into the last two (of seven) steps designed to help you manage exponential business growth. 6. Actively Plan Incremental Transformation Steps Many times exponential business growth is the result of an unanticipated opportunity presenting itself but you can plan for it – sort of. You can actively look for potential opportunities…

Last day, we spoke about the importance of mindset and understanding where you’re generating the greatest return. Today I want to discuss three equally important factors when managing exponential business growth. 3. Solidify your Business Foundation Exponential business growth is difficult to manage without establishing and clarifying your behavioural foundation. Believe it or not, your business…

Managing exponential business growth is a big deal – and can also be a good problem to have! So, I invite you to join me for the first of a three part series on exponential business growth. Today I share with you the first two (of seven) steps towards managing exponential growth. Snakes and Ladders…

Engagement is one of those words that is over-used and ill-defined. It’s been the latest silver bullet for the past couple of years but the concept has been around for quite some time. What Does Engagement Mean To You? Part of the challenge with “engagement” is that it means different things to different people. At…

In the first part of my professional life, as an educator with a specialty (earth/environmental education and being a musician), I attended, presented, performed and helped others implement at tonnes of conferences over the span of a decade. One of the things I’ve missed in the past several years is attending international conferences. I plan…

This post was inspired by a conversation going on over at Mark Harai’s blog a little while back. Dan Waldschmidt contributed a guest post about using anger as a motivator to help you achieve the results you’re looking for. The Value of Anger For those of you who didn’t happen to see this post, Dan’s perspective…

Being an Effective Leader I was going to start this post with a really great quote on leadership. So I Goggled, “leadership quotes” and found this Forbes article listing the author’s top 100 leadership quotes of all time. I was sure I’d find a quote that would illuminate my main point, which is that being an…