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The BizPie Blog gives expert advice for executives to help make better decisions, improve your team, and balance professional & personal life.
Short bursts of play
Bogie, my standard poodle, burst into my office with a toy he found on a walk and ran around daring me to chase him –
Your energy
There is a great saying by Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Who you are speaks so loudly, I can’t hear what you are saying.” As a leader,
What is all that money for?
The death of Charlie Munger this week at 99 years old made me think again about the age old question: what is all that money
The business of apple pie making
For years, I have made apple pie for Thanksgiving with a recipe I have perfected. I like Granny Smith apples with lots of lemon, cream
The water you swim in
What color is the water you swim in? You probably can’t know because you don’t see the water you swim in. From the outside of
Zappos culture eats Vegas culture for dinner
Starting with dinner at the Venician, you see the excess. Part of CE 3709 Vistage group posed with me in front of a Formula Race
Adults need play, too!
When was the last time you had a weekend to get away and play with your friends? This weekend my Eastside CEO group worked and
Your daily oasis
When I was a young, driven CEO with 2 small children, the idea of taking time for myself each day was laughable. My “me time”
Hate is easier
Hate is easier than love. I guess that is just how humans roll. Love can get you killed. The Bible/Torah says love thy neighbor as
Create agency
When the pandemic sent millions of people to work from home, each one had to figure out how to connect in to work with perhaps
Ask your customers what sets you apart
When one of my Vistage Members asked me to look at his website’s new landing page, we got focused on describing his competitive advantages in
He quit????
It feels like a gut punch. You get a call from an important, trusted team member and it is not business as usual. He calls
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