Many of us have a hobby that we learn unexpected lessons from. In my case, I am a goaltender in ice hockey. While the people I practice my hobby with, are throwing vulcanized rubber at me as fast and hard as they can, I have learned a few things that are quite appropriate to both […]

Seth Godin’s recent blog was quite interesting. While long, well worth the read. Titled “Understanding Substitutes“, he goes into great length about choices we all make. What I have really heard here is that you need to be sure to tell your story. And, FYI: no story is a story. It is you saying you don’t feel […]

What about relationships and management are the same? We are consistently told not to get too friendly as a manager. In my opinion, this is good advice. When things get tough, if you have been too friendly with your staff, the line between manager and friend can become very difficult to navigate. But, that is […]

Seth Godin wrote a great post here. He discusses the “important” vs. the “urgent.” A critical decision in all of our lives. It is a conversation I have with clients fairly regularly. I have two things that need to be done, which do I do? I have not been writing posts for a while (sorry for […]