Take too long?
Is this you? You take too long to make a decision. You get anxious that you don’t have all the necessary data. You feel great pressure to make the perfect choice. You enjoy researching the options more than actually choosing which one to go with? You agonize about the consequence of a bad choice. If […]
Moving too fast?
Moving too fast? Not me. If I want to know something – the population of Mauritius- for example, I google it.* If I’m thinking of someone, I text. If I want to meet with someone, I send them an invite. My phone is closer to me than my husband and children. Not emotionally, but physically, […]
Slow down v. work differently
Do you regularly get the advice to slow down? I think I’ve been told that my whole life. Especially by my Mother. There was a regular argument about how many activities I would jump into. She would tell me that I was going to get run down and catch “mono”. If you are snickering with […]
Revenue is for vanity, profit is for sanity…..
Vistage Speaker Doug Butdorf from Boost Profits grabbed my groups’ total attention when he said “revenue is for vanity, profit is for sanity”. Then, he gave us strategy, and execution to be more profitable. Wow! How about this: do you have regularly scheduled meetings to discuss pricing? 2 hands went up. Do you have regular […]
Retire to….?
When these 2 guys met at age 14 in math class, it was on the other side of the country, and a long time ago. Who would have thought that they would be retired and sharing a beer, looking at the Pacific over 50 years later? Who would have thought about retirement then? And, who […]
Paint the picture
When you are speaking to your team and you want them to remember a point and actualize the behavior required, do you paint the picture?
Just 3 things
I had my yearly physical this week and my doctor said there were just 3 things I should focus on: sleep, exercise and eating healthy. These are the levers for a long and healthy life. Easy. Just 3 things.
Mulally is Magic
Friday, Vistage launched a one hour interview by Sam Reese, Vistage’s CEO, with Alan Mulally who led Boeing for many profitable years and then turned around Ford Motor Company. Watch it today if you are in the Vistage community. Mulally is Magic.
From Fireworks to Drones
Happy Independence Day! It seems like another commodity is in short supply. Due to lack of materials and labor shortages, many communities have cancelled their fireworks shows or have moved from fireworks to drones. Yay ingenuity!
Reunited, and it feels so good!
This weekend, about 85 Vistage Chairs with over 10 years of mastery got together in Boulder or on zoom to nourish our souls and fan the flame of the work we do at Keepers of the Flame. Wow!