Always Compete, Be the Boss, Boss On, Boss Up, Communication, Go Full Speed, Growth, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
This is Day #13 of a collaborative project between Boss Builders and our strategic partner Wisdom Tree Coaching. Thank God for THEY! If we didn’t have THEY around, we would have to take responsibility for our own actions, results, and failures. THEY are good in that a...
Always Compete, Be the Boss, Boss On, Boss Up, Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Professional Development
This special series is a collaborative project with our strategic coaching partner Margi Bush. The more you work in stressful situations, the shorter your fuse will become. In my case, one of the most stressful events is air travel. I’m on the road about 30-40 weeks...
Be the Boss, Boss On, Boss Up, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Growth, Management Development, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Recently I was speaking with a newly-promoted supervisor. He was telling me how afraid he was that he would make some unforgivable mistakes in his role. As a result, he was in trouble for neglecting to confront some poor performance in one of his direct reports. It...
Be the Boss, Boss On, Boss Up, Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Management Development, Marketing, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
In the Summer of 2018, Rosanne Barr, in a self-described, Ambien-induced stupor, sent a racist tweet describing former advisor of President Obama, Valerie Jarrett. She was subsequently fired from her rebooted TV show Rosanne. This set off an apology tour. I...
Be the Boss, Boss On, Boss Up, Communication, Gaining an Edge, Go Full Speed, Growth, Management Development, Motivation, Professional Development
Every once in a while, you read stories about a group of employees who chip in on a bunch of lottery tickets and as a group, win the jackpot. And, it seems in every group there’s one joker who decides they actually WON’T quit their job but will instead come back to...
Always Compete, Be the Boss, Boss On, Boss Up, Communication, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Management Development, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Whenever I talk to groups, I like to ask them what the WORST thing a boss has ever done to them. Without fail, the #1 transgression is Micromanagement. Why do Bosses Micromanage? It comes down to one issue: Insecurity. Most managers who are called micromanagers have...
