As a leader, you can connect with your team on a deeper level by sharing your initial struggles, how you overcame them, and how much of an impact their work is causing. This would further build an emotional connection with your team and motivate them towards your company’s cause. 

Emotionally connect people and create loyalty- You want people to want to be a part of what you do, to share in the core values of the company. You want to attract those who believe what you believe. The power of storytelling accomplishes this connection between the company and the...

Colonel Sanders is the paragon of failing forward and riding the looping line of success. He learned what every entrepreneur should learn - that every failure is a gift and an opportunity for growth. True learning comes from experiencing discomfort, but using the 4-step process will recharge your batteries so...

My personal and professional transformation is the product of a 4-step process - based on the foundation of The Active Learning Cycle. Follow these steps to engage with your inner dynamics & get unstuck, unlock your full potential, and achieve the outcomes you desire.

The Itty Bitty Shitty Committee makes you question your life and career, and makes you feel like a fraud. Everyone suffers from some sort of negative chatter in their head – we all hear The Itty Bitty Shitty Committee telling us the worst things we believe about ourselves. You are...

It’s difficult to imagine embracing failure because everything we know and are taught is to mitigate risk. However, every successful entrepreneur has endured some sort of failure on their path to success. face failures head-on by utilizing a model I call ATV - Authentic, Transparent, and Vulnerable. By implementing each...

In Japan, this sense of purpose is known as ikigai (pronounced ee-key- guy). It takes the concept of your “why” one step forward to help you identify a more tangible application of the seemingly intangible concept. Simply put, you find your ikigai at the intersection of what you are good,...

Asking for help from anyone, whether it’s a coach, colleague, family member, or just a book works for me and is the perfect action I can take to better myself and my future. We should explore insights from others and learn from them. Here is a list of books that...

Recently, I was fortunate to see a speech from futurist Peter Diamandis. He spoke about what the future world of work would be like, and specifically talked about the workforce within manufacturing. It’s about to be transformed. Old constraints such as specialization in manufacturing skill set and tooling are going...

From the days of Ebenezer Scrooge to Bill Lumbergh in “Office Space,” employers are typically portrayed in fiction as having the upper hand in the employer-employee relationship. For most employees, they feel that fiction is their sad reality. For decades, employers have felt that employees should be happy to have...

As good leaders and managers within our businesses, we make hundreds of decisions each day. Those decisions typically revolve around strategy, execution, cash, and people. We read articles and books on how to grow our companies or teams, we attend seminars on strategy and execution, and we faithfully listen to...

In business and in life, failure is going to occur.  It’s inevitable and it's necessary.  It is where the greatest amount of growth, learning and personal development occurs.  Each of us will handle failing in business differently, based upon how we view failure. Do you take on the Webster’s Dictionary...

Nineteen percent of 11,500 U.S. employers have reported that they plan to add employees in Q1 2018, the strongest first-quarter hiring outlook in 10 years, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, released in Dec. 2017. Positions not requiring a four-year degree reported the highest hiring number in over a...

As of June this year, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. has a record 6.2 million job openings. It’s the highest number since the Labor Department began tracking job postings in 2000. In contrast, there are 7 million jobless Americans. That’s more than one unemployed person for every available job....

Every month, the media comments on the monthly unemployment numbers released by the federal government. The unemployment number dropped almost every month last year, which the media has been proclaiming is a good thing. In December, the unemployment rate dropped another 0.3 percentage points to 6.7 percent, the lowest unemployment...

As Many As 31 Million Skilled Trades Positions Will Be Available by 2020 When I was a kid growing up in the 1980s, my parents drilled into my head, “Go to college to get a good job.” The implication being, if I earned a four-year degree, a good-paying job would...

LOOKING FOR YOUR “DREAM JOB” IN THE NEW YEAR As the New Year begins, many of us take inventory of our lives and look for ways of improvement. Besides joining a gym or signing up for a language class, one area where some decide a change is necessary is in...

Recently, a major airline garnered world-wide attention because it had a passenger (paying customer) forcibly removed from an overbooked flight. Almost immediately, the video shot by fellow passengers showing the incident went viral across social media. Images of the passenger being dragged down the aisle by his arms and legs...

For the 10th straight year, an annual survey by the ManpowerGroup, a human resource consulting firm, reveals that one in three U.S. employers report difficulties finding employees, primarily due to talent shortages. The data showed two prominent pieces of information. The problem is getting worse, and employers aren’t doing much...