Business Posts

Promote Someone Internal?

In the world of business, the question often arises whether I should promote internally or go external. Actually, I’m going to broaden this topic further by including the question of whether or not to do business with friends or... Read More »

“Give up the rock, baby!”

Sports fans or even casual observers of college basketball will likely recall the sound of Dick Vitale during the midst of a game saying, “give up the rock, baby!” Yes, Vitale truly understands the value in the game of... Read More »

Are you embellishing or manipulating to get the sale!

Have you ever noticed that in advertisements, they have a tendency to embellish the truth a bit? I won’t name specifics as I don’t want to create any lawsuit potentials, however, I’m sure you know what I’m saying. Drink... Read More »

Are you being intentional?

One of the topics that comes up regularly in my coaching discussions is intentionality. In today’s 24/7 environment, most tend to struggle with time management and personal margin. Generally, I see that some have goals and strategic plans for... Read More »

Chris, if I hire you, am I hiring a leadership coach or a pastor!

One of the things it doesn’t take long to figure out in business is that we want to compartmentalize what people “do”. Back in my younger years, I was fortunate to have the company I was working define my... Read More »

Warning!!! There will be “storming”!

In some of our recent posts, we’ve been discussing the theme of getting “authentic” feedback from your teams. As we’ve discussed, our approach creates a new level of transparency in your organization. However, we do want to offer a... Read More »

You Can’t Help People Who Don’t Want to be Helped!

As a follow up to our Leader Intervention and Authentic Feedback blog post, we wanted to offer some additional thoughts. While it ties to leaders in business, this topic really applies to people in general. Simply stated, “you can’t... Read More »

You really should be seeking “authentic” feedback!

Seriously, when was the last time you asked for feedback? How do you ask for feedback? Is your feedback authentic? How do you react to the feedback? Is the feedback the “truth”? How do you know? While today’s focus... Read More »

Leader Interventions

Over the past few months, I’ve been spending some quality time with the team at MediaFuel, a digital marketing agency here in Indianapolis. The relationship has been two fold in that I’m aiding their team in the area of... Read More »

Are you in alignment?

Most of us have likely experienced driving a vehicle which is out of alignment. It normally isn’t running smoothly (eg. steering wheel vibrates) and there is unnecessary wear and tear (eg. tires worn unevenly). While there is a cost... Read More »