Mark shares the story of a very successful, $1 billion business that has experienced consecutive years of growth since its founding 25 years ago – after the leaders actually had met at a coffee shop for 20 years beforehand to often talk about their individual failures and help [Read more...]

It is important to put your business first and not let your individual style or potential limiting beliefs limit success.  Whether you are a solopreneur, member of a team in a more conventional organization, or in your personal life working on relationships with others, being clear about [Read more...]

Being accountable is a process, not an event, so it is a challenge while in the process to not get distracted or look for an easy way out. Common missteps occur when we get in a hurry to get results, overlooking the difficult consequences on others, or falling into [Read more...]

Being on this planet is about learning, not about changing the rules of the planet. We need to make the best of every situation and learn to walk a very fine line to do whatever we can to in a sense take control even though we maybe do not have it. Once across the line, however, it is best [Read more...]

When we are in the midst of an argument or debate, or any situation that warrants peak performance, we are not in the best place to see through the situation because we are in it. In order to get unstuck from competition and set a clear direction, we need to [Read more...]

The recent television coverage of the Oscars Award Ceremony included sarcastic humor and an opening skit like a self-fulfilling prophecy predicting the show would be one of the worst recorded – which on many accounts it was.  Leadership is not [Read more...]

Can you provide too much service?  Yes, for if not done within the context of those wanting to be served, you can overstep your bounds.  Paying attention to the actual need as opposed to satisfying your need to be needed is the catch, along with first being in service to [Read more...]

Organizational culture is not truly defined by values and beliefs (what we want them to be), but rather is a result of people’s behaviors when in relationship to execute desired results.  In the context of what needs to be accomplished, what are the necessary [Read more...]

With the business world demanding more and more of us, how do we become more kind, nurturing, forgiving and supportive of ourselves, so we can be more of who we really want to be?  This requires [Read more...]

When we are unsure of what to do next, wondering is so much less stressful than worrying and cranking ourselves into a potentially directionless doing mode.  If business slows down or projects do not meet our expectations and a break in the [Read more...]