Solutions & Opportunities

The Thinking Behind The Tweet As the saying goes, " An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. " So, why not plan with methodical risk-management…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet We human beings have a curious habit. We tend to express problems in ways that conceal the real sources of our 'pain'. I…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet If you cannot get your people to do what needs to be done, you are not alone. And, perhaps you are not in good company. Or…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet There's an interesting relationship between goals and problems : if we focus on problems, we can bet side-tracked and stall out…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet Some say, " Forget your mistakes ". That's not good advice. Our brains are powerful machines, designed to remember, not to…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet Self-confidence is built, over time, as stressful thoughts and situations are faced and dealt with. 'Stressors' bring learning…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet I want to create a Top 10 list of ways to help morale-busting people get over whatever it is that causes them to want to spread…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet Mistakes bang into and bounce off thick skulls . This annoys Mistakes because their role is teaching lessons. The problem is…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet As Eckhart Tolle said, “ Most people respond to a cry for help with a cry for help ”. You can find plenty of opportunities to…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet Puzzles are part of life. Often they turn out to be doors to opportunities. Cross words are criticism and constructive…

The Thinking Behind the Tweet Another piece of free up some time advice… Many people waste a huge amount of time worrying about and even agonizing over…

Here's another quote from Dirk Schlimm: “The genius, who sees opportunity with outside-the-box ideas, gets easily frustrated if he or she feels surrounded by…

Some people naturally repulse criticism. These people may show outward signs of their repulsion. These people may not show outward signs, or their repulsion…

Some people complain about the interpersonal damages done by office conflict while others applaud the value office conflicts have injected into innovative…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet Life provides a continuous series lessons. The lessons appear in two forms. They appear to us as things that are right. They…

Business leaders are opportunity-seekers and problem-solvers. Business leaders need help so they can take on ever-bigger opportunities and solve ever-bigger…

Sometimes... Every action, taken on it's own, seems right and feels right. Yet, when you add them altogether you do not get the desired result and things no…

When we react to errors in inappropriate ways, sometimes we get caught in a whirlpool of compounding errors. We cannot let that happen. We cannot take our…

Indiana Jones reminded us that you don’t have to see the whole staircase to take the first step. A journey of a thousand miles always starts with a single…

Vision inspires Leadership has a few essential ingredients. For example, the leader must possess a level of intelligence and the leader must possess a…

Most people do not think about how personal things including their values and goals are intertwined with everything they experience during their workdays. As…

We enjoy solving sticky problems. Wrestling down sticky problems until they give up their solutions - that's where our people and our family business are at…

Hindsight is 20/20...and while hindsight conversations can be annoying, that's not going to stop us from having them. Something in our nature causes us to…

Some people know exactly what they need. They know the details. They know their 'must haves', their 'nice to haves', and their 'fantasy wish lists'. And …

If you fail to make the effort to receive communications, people will stop providing them. When communications cease...well...communications cease...and…

To explore this topic, I did some on-line research and found an interesting article that has fed into my thinking process. Below are some excerpts from that…

Sure, we can be distracted or negative but let's remember we have these other two choices: being there and being positive . If you are not naturally inclined…

Stress is one of our natural response mechanisms. But, what exactly is stress? There are a huge range of definitions. Stress is what you feel/think in…

I have recently been bombarded by people talking about situations where people they work with are illustrating a lack of attention to detail. The sheer…

Talents are innate. They are the substances that define us and make us unique. They are our traits and characteristics; they guide/dictate what we do and…