I remember a while back when I was having coffee with a business colleague here in Columbus, Ohio. He was sharing with me some of his experiences working with one of the larger employers here in Central Ohio (we have many of them). While he had many positive things to…
How do you take your business to the next level? What skills are critical for your business to become a market leader in today’s changing market? As a regular reader of Market Leadership Journal, you know how important we think it is for you to be able to prospect and…
I went to the Greater Cleveland Middle-Market Forum last Friday and had several fascinating conversations with many great entrepreneurs about what their biggest challenge is in getting their business to the next level. The number one concern for them is how to hire the right people to keep growing the…
I don’t typically write much about holidays, but as we approach Mother’s Day this year, I am beginning to take notice of some qualities that my mother emulated for me that I still benefit from today. These are qualities that I have written about before here on Market Leadership Journal,…
Why did you become an entrepreneur? Who inspired you to take the biggest risk of your life? How did they convince you that you had something the world wanted? In my case, it was my mother.
Not too long ago, when I probably should have been doing something more productive, I was flipping the channels and came across Batman Begins—the 2005 predecessor to the more recent Dark Knight films. As the movie chronicles Bruce Wayne’s ninja-style training on a remote mountaintop in Asia, I am often struck by the words of Wayne’s mentor, Henri Ducard, played by Liam Neeson:
“Training is nothing! Will is everything!” Ducard tells Wayne as they spar across a frozen lake. “The will to act!”
Entrepreneurs are again entering a time where talented people have many options as to how they invest their lives. I believe things have shifted to a time where talented people have their choice on where and with whom they work. It reminds me of the late 90s when it was an…
How has selling changed in the past several years? Has the new economy changed the way you manage and lead your business? For many entrepreneurs, these are crucial questions they must answer to take their business to the next level.
Fifty weeks a year we focus on how to be better leaders. This week, I’d like to ask you a question that may change the way you live your life forever. The question is, how do choose the leaders you follow?
Not long ago I was conducting an on-camera interview with a business owner, who was giving a testimonial on behalf of a coach who had helped him. When we began our conversation, he talked about how he had decided to launch his own graphic design firm, landed his first client, and, in his words, “…the rest is history. Here we are today.” I felt compelled to gently challenge him on that statement…