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Oct 01

Your Super Bowl 50: 4 Ways to be a ‘Grinder’

The Broncos and the Panthers had their Super Bowl 50 on February 7, 2016. If you’re a business owner, you know that you have your Super Bowl 50 every day. Every day your team decides whether or not they will show up. Every day your clients vote with their dollars... read more →

Sep 30

A Train You’ll Want to Catch: A Results-Based Culture

Over the last three-plus years of my affiliation with the Crankset Group, I have found Chuck Blakeman’s a headwater for fresh and powerful ways to liberate business owners. Having also come from the non-profit and Fortune 500 work worlds, I know that employee engagement is a chronic illness. Enjoy Chuck’s... read more →

Sep 29

Can Your Sales Team Make You into a Top Quartile/25% Company?

Three out of four companies you know are not in the top quartile. By definition they are underperforming. Over the next few Insiders, we will provide tools to help you to assess whether or not your sales team has the capacity to help you grow your business into a top... read more →

Sep 28

Your Leadership Success: One Essential Every Business Needs

Let’s get to the point. What is the one essential that you must attend to as a business owner or leader in 2017? I would argue that it is Trust. Consider the following facts: Companies with high trust make more money. The Great Place to Work Institute creates the “100... read more →

Sep 27

Liminal Dimensions: What Transitions Make Your Game Day?

I am still reeling from the Denver Broncos’ shocking loss to the Seattle Seahawks last week. The defeat of the No. 1 offense of all time by the No. 1 defense of 2013. How did that happen? As a true fan, I was predicting a future outcome based on past... read more →

Sep 26

Experiencing Your Temporal Turducken: A Once-in-79,043-Year Liminal Experience

What’s right with you is the starting point; what’s wrong with you is beside the point. (1) During this holiday season, I’d like us to begin from the right starting point: what’s right with us. Last week we passed through a liminal space—a doorway into Life provided by the unique... read more →

Sep 25

Business Planning: You’re Doing it Wrong

Strategic Business Planning—Not Just Another Pretty Plan You may have heard the statement “we do business planning” by many; including company owners, attorneys, insurance agents, financial planners, accountants, marketing consultants, human resource consultants, systems consultants, manufacturing consultants, bankers, business coaches, personal coaches, and others. Most of the people named above... read more →

Sep 24

Meet Your Enemy: “Resistance,” Cousin of “Urgent”

You can relate to the tale I’m about to tell. I know because I with talk with business owners every week. All of us know we need to do what’s important and yet we find ourselves constantly seduced by urgent matters. We find it nigh impossible to unflinchingly maintain our... read more →

Sep 23

The Power of Strategic Performance Measures (SPM’s)

The Power of Strategic Performance Measures “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” The author of this quote is unknown, but it is quoted all the time — and is a very powerful truth! In order to improve performance or maintain performance objectives while you are growing, nothing... read more →

Sep 22

How Money Helps Financial Advisors Get ‘It’ Wrong, Part 1

What is the “It”? The “it” is a Fourth Marriage—the marriage between Self and Money. (Click HERE for my Sept. 17, 2013 post referencing the other three marriages per David Whyte).One of the greatest teachers on relationships said, "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one... read more →

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