Posts Tagged ‘culture’
Defining Who You Are
One of the biggest challenges facing any business is to decide what you are and what you represent. What do you stand for? How do you distinguish yourself from the competition? What makes your business unique and different? Deciding on your values and your purpose is an undertaking that is well worth your time…
Read MoreHow to Create a Legacy of Leaders in Your Business
Guiding team members is a fine balance between deciding what I am responsible for and figuring out what they are responsible for. Additionally, when I’m training company leaders, it’s important they understand what their responsibilities are and what my expectations of them are. I spend a lot of time helping, training, and developing leaders because…
Read MoreDisplay Good Traits
Do we display good traits? When people look at us what do they see? As my friend, Brandon Johnson, would ask, “What kind of energy are we putting out to the world?” Are we making it better or worse? Are people happy we are here because we contribute to the betterment of all, or are…
Read MoreWhy Time Away Is Good For Your Business
It never fails, right? Just when you’re about to embark on the trip of a lifetime… Something happens that causes you to question going. Hurdles disguised as crises started to appear. This isn’t a new phenomenon. I have learned over the years that whenever I decide to take an extended vacation away from my businesses,…
Read MoreAre You in the Wrong Room?
If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room… The one thing that I have been able to do over the last 20 years is to learn how to surround myself with people truly smarter than I am. I know a lot of people talk about this, and a lot of…
Read MoreWhat Is the Most Important Thing In Your Life?
If I ask you the question, “What is the most important thing in your life?” what would you answer? My goal is to get you to reevaluate everything from your role in your business to your personal relationships and everything in between. While I started off with a quote from a book I had read,…
Read MoreBe Responsible. Be Proactive.
Being proactive is not just thinking positively. It’s not something we can preach and just not follow through. In my urgent care business, our motto is: You’re either all in, or you’re in the way. That means we want every single person to own what they do and to be the best at it. This…
Read MoreAre You Rowing in the Same Direction?
There is a difference between a job description and what a person should be spending their time doing. A job description is a tool used for hiring and training, so we know who to look for and what skill sets they have or need to acquire to fill their position. But the real question is,…
Read MoreGenerosity vs Fairness
I recently read the book Principles by Ray Dalio, and one of the principles he discusses struck me as something we deal with almost every month in our lives. Here are the principle and my thoughts on it. Ray Dalio’s Principle 2.2B: Make sure people understand the difference between Fairness and Generosity. This principle has…
Read MoreThe Power of People: Creating Group Relationships
Our ability or inability to forge relationships with groups of people creates the juice in our life. Think about how much time you spend in one sort of group or another. Whether it is your family, church, department, company, or social club, we all spend a large amount of time being a part of and…
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