by Constance | Jul 23, 2020 | Business Growth, Leadership
How To Create The Conditions To Optimize Your Success When asked to name the major cause of success, most people point to education, experience, skills, and personal characteristics. This list is broad, but it almost never includes a factor that can lead to dramatic...
by Constance | Jan 23, 2020 | Business Growth, Leadership
When Trial and Error Is Foolish If you watch people put together a new object like an IKEA bookcase or a Lego® set, you notice how and when people use the instructions, if at all. I really dislike instructions and manuals, taking pride (too much, I admit) in the trial...
by Constance | Oct 17, 2019 | Business Growth
Innovation Isn’t Crazy Innovation is a great catalyst, sought by every business leader worth their salt.Big, new ideas, even if they sound crazy, can energize people. The exhilaration that comes from thinking and talking about new ideas can be great fun....
by Constance | Jun 14, 2019 | Business Growth, Leadership
Five Pragmatic Business Tips From Harvard Business School Professor Frances Frei People think professors are smart but often impractical – and sometimes that’s true. The best teachers simplify the complex and help us see how to use knowledge in pragmatic ways....
by Constance | May 30, 2019 | Business Growth, Get on Board
Tim Cook Knows What Business He Is In – Do You? One wonders, in the midst of hacking and security breaches, if the word trust is used in executive meetings and boardrooms. Do leaders of companies have any understanding of the elements of trust and how much value...
by Constance | Apr 24, 2018 | Business Growth, Leadership
I just returned from the Million Dollar Consulting® Convention in Boston where consultants, doing fascinating work all over the world, gathered to learn. Alan Weiss, author of Million Dollar Consulting, brought outstanding speakers to the stage. This year, Chip Bell,...
