Leadership and teamwork are important because it increases the likelihood of a company to achieve its mission. Strong leadership will ensure that a team is moving in the same direction to achieve its goal.  A peloton is a group of cyclists moving in the same direction to achieve a common goal.   As a cyclist... Continue Reading →

Starting a business is a lot of work. Anyone who tells you it's not is either lying or has never actually started one themselves. The hours are long, sacrifices are great and you are assaulted with new problems and challenges every day with seemingly no end. If you don't have the constitution to weather these... Continue Reading →

Bees do it. Birds do it. Even humans do it. One by one they gather in big groups - and think  and act as one. This is what we call “herd mentality”.  Like most animals on the planet, we humans come pre-programmed to notice the behavior of  our species and copy it. Those who follow the... Continue Reading →

I recently watched an old movie one early Saturday morning and instantly saw parallels to management and leadership. The name of the movie was 12 O’clock High with Gregory Peck (1949). You’ve just got to see this movie! It’s a war flick and I just love war movies. Not that I’m a fan of war... Continue Reading →

I recently started thinking … What does it take to be the best? Can we learn something from the Navy SEALs and apply it to business?  And, after some research – absolutely! Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, Land) teams go through what is considered by some to be the toughest military training in the world. It takes... Continue Reading →

It started 3,200 or so years ago when drop-dead gorgeous Helen, the one with the face that launched a thousand ships, ran off with a guy named Paris. This would have been okay except that Helen was married to a Greek -Menelaus, King of Sparta.  At first the objective was to get Helen back.Then it... Continue Reading →