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The point of power is now. Everything that happens to you is your responsibility. The first step to getting where you want to go can have challenges that causes you to be emotionally uncomfortable.  It has to be done to get to the next version of you. You can’t think your way through, you must feel it, do it, learn

If you have trouble setting goals, you are not alone. The secret sauce is about really creating goals that excite us and make us passionate to go for it. Listen as we discuss our own shift in goal setting and how that has changed how we view our purpose and our goals.  Want to create goals that excite you?? Take advantage

Ever wonder what business and executive coaching are all about? Listen as we discuss how business coaching is not about “need,” it is truly about wanting to be better and have a better business. It is all about getting out of our comfort zone to reach the goals we set for ourselves and our business.  Interested in learning more about

Gap and the Gain by Dan Sullivan is the topic for this episode of the podcast. Most people spend most of their time in the gap. The gap sounds like, “I should have”, “It didn’t pay off”, etc. Beating ourselves up for the past and comparing ourselves to the goal we didn’t completely reach. The gain is “look at how

Results or time are the two things you can buy from your employees. Paying for time is like an admin assistant or receptionist job, paying for them to be there. It is subject to piling on tasks to make that time productive.   Paying for results looks like setting an objective to hit. It doesn’t matter how long it takes

Use daily lists to prioritize tasks to get to weekly, monthly, quarterly goals. We start with this to see what our direct reports see as priorities. Mike and Jackie discuss daily lists and LION meetings (Last week, Issue, Opportunity, Next week) to manage company objectives and become a better manager.  Are you a manager or have managers that could benefit

Most of the time no one teaches us how to manage and hold people accountable. Listen as Mike and Jackie discuss managing people with the knowledge they’ve learned over the years. Clarity and communication are key.    Do you or your managers need to learn how to manage? Take advantage of a complimentary business strategy session to discover the opportunities in your

Pay in a family business is based on the roles each person plays, not based on equal ownership. An owner’s pay is based on distributed profits of the business. The president and other company roles are based on market rate and commission. The employee roles that each member plays are based on merit and results. Listen as we discuss this

Professional business owners are concerned only with choosing to own the asset we call a business or not and deciding what they want the return of that asset to be. The Board of Directors oversees which strategies to use, and the President or CEO is responsible for ensuring those strategies get executed. In many businesses, these roles are the same person or

If you want a business succession plan to go smoothly, you need to know that it’s a 3-7 year process. In a family business, it may take even longer. Many family businesses only have one opinion and one set of experiences, namely their own. It can be wonderful or traumatic. Listen as we explore the ins and outs of family business succession planning.