Aug 16, 2012

While I’m not entirely certain there is such a thing as a “Perfect” leader. I do sometimes try to think of what one may look like. If I had the chance to draw up the perfect leader from A-Z in which I would want to follow. With so many words to choose from, some of the letters were hard to choose, while others like the letter “X”...

Aug 14, 2012

For whatever reason I have long had disdain for the Social Media users that put the all encompassing quote “Views are my own” within their various social bios/profiles. It isn’t so much because I don’t believe that the views are their own, but rather the subtlety by which they are saying that they are excusing their respective...

Aug 8, 2012

In the lifecycle of a growing business there may be nothing more commonly overlooked than financial leadership. In today’s fast paced world of the overnight entrepreneur, sales is the game, and marketing is the vehicle. But unless your business is all pre-pay, cash flow can be a huge limiting factor in successfully managing the growth of your organization. ...

Aug 6, 2012

With the mass of content in the blogosphere it is rare if ever anymore that something makes me jump out of my seat. However when I came across this post from Pam Moore, I read it and it actually made me jump off of my couch and head to my office so I could comment. The post was written about showing respect to the various communities in which we all engage...

Aug 3, 2012

My Commentary: While as a millennial, I by no means agree with all of the context below from my esteemed friend and colleague Chris Westfall, however I felt that his post below was a well thought out and meaningful piece on Millennials that would be interesting to share among this community of leaders. When Cathryn Sloane wrote the piece on why every Social...

Jul 31, 2012

If you had to identify a single thing that the great leaders of commerce, war, sports, and politics all had in common, what would you say? Would you reference charisma, or strategy? Perhaps their persistence, or dedication? And to all of the aforementioned traits I would respond with a confident maybe. Nonetheless, I would say that many of these great leaders...

Jul 27, 2012

For the most part being social is not a spectator sport. However, if you spend a little time here you find yourself doing more spectating than one may think. In social media conversations are happening all around us and sometimes we join in, but other times we just watch. When we watch long enough we begin to see things that we might not like. Fortunately in...

Jul 24, 2012

While I believe that much about leadership can be learned, I have also come to find out that the practice of leadership is rarely successful via the application of textbook principles. As someone who has long studied, taught, and practiced leadership, trust me when I say there are thousands of leadership principles. Most of which can be found in what seems to...