Leadership is one of those terms that can mean a lot of things. To business owners, it can feel like “being all things to all people, all the time.” Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, gurus of current leadership practice, simplify it in their book, The Leadership Challenge: How to make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations. […]
And back up those dreams with the foundations, planning, and support necessary to realize your vision. I’ve worked with hundreds of women entrepreneurs over the years, particularly over the last eight years since starting C-Suite Advisors. What most surprises me is how many women business owners fail to reach far enough or think big enough to […]
Napoleon Hill wrote a book way back in 1937, Think and Grow Rich. He had been commissioned by Andrew Carnegie to interview 500 men (naturally) of great success and wealth at the time. These included such luminaries as John D. Rockefeller, Alexander Graham Bell, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Alva Edison, Woodrow Wilson, and many others whose names […]
HBR Blogs: Three Questions Executives Should Ask for the New Year I love the Harvard Business Review blogs. It’s where all the great research they do gets turned into practical guidance that can make a real difference! Melissa Raffoni wrote a terrific article, brief-enough-to-be-read-quickly, but meaty enough to be invaluable long term. In a nutshell, […]
It is well established that concentrated attention and focused thought are more productive than the start-and-stop too many of our days are like. That working in dribs and drabs is also a common symptom of business owners who work IN their business more than they work ON their business, then wonder why they never make […]