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The E-Mess
The E Mess…Explaining the mess that Entrepreneurs create in running businesses. In the E-Myth, Michael Gerber introduces the idea of success by working ON your ...
Read moreDrink And Grow Rich
We loved Think and Grow Rich from Napoleon Hill, but we changed our title to Drink and Grow Rich, because with 70% of the people hating their jobs, ...
Read moreThe One Minute Mangler
The One Minute Manager spends one minute on goals in the morning, one minute praising people, and one minute on reprimands (or re-directs as changed in The New One ...
Read more7 Habits of Highly Defective People
Stephen Covey shared the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in 1989. Karla Nelson and Allen Fahden add a little to his great discourse, looking at what are ...
Read moreSigning the Declaration of Independence: The First Dysfunctional Meeting
Here’s a trivia question: If Christmas is celebrated on December 25, and Valentine’s Day on February 14, when should we celebrate the Fourth of July? ...
Read moreStart With WTF
Simon Sinek’s Start with Why book is brilliant, and so is his Ted talk with 40 million+ views. But if you’re doing something other than marketing messages, ...
Read moreIt Doesn’t Matter What Color Is Your Parachute If It Doesn’t Open
When 70% of the people hate their jobs and 90% of CEOs fail because they can’t implement new ideas in their own company it’s time to take a new look ...
Read more“Built To Lapse”
18 companies were listed in “Built to Last”, but were they really “Built to LAPSE”? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-happened-worlds-greatest-companies-chris-bradley/ Listen to the podcast here: “BUILT TO LAPSE” Karla ...
Read moreIn Search of Excellence
Is your organization “In Search of Extra Lunch” instead of “In Search of Excellence”? The clock and the calendar determine who should be the leader, not ...
Read moreGood To Grave?
Should “Good to Great” have been “Good to Grave?” In 2001, Jim Collins wrote this book about why some companies achieve greatness, but most do ...
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