Nonprofits, how do you find the best partners for your organization?
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May 08, 2020
How can nonprofits find their best corporate partners? How can nonprofits find their best corporate partnerships? Many nonprofit organizations are going to be fighting to...
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Serving Leaders Can Help Nonprofits Today by Building Extraordinary Partnerships
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April 24, 2020
On Wednesday, I got a call from a long term client. He asked me if I was still working with nonprofits’ partners. I told him...
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Happy Easter! What Do You Want for Your Life in These Challenging Times?
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April 10, 2020
Happy Easter. I’ve recently been involved in several calls from people who wanted to discuss what they wanted out of life. They had friends or...
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What Do Entrepreneurial Leaders Need From IoT Teams Today?
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April 03, 2020
What do IoT teams need to provide your organization’s leaders? I don’t have to tell you how quickly things have changed in your roles. I’ve been doing research for the last several weeks, talking with CXOs and members of their leadership teams. I’ve been working on a number of go to market strategies.
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Why You Should Attend The IoT Community’s IoT Day Slam 2020 IoT Conference
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March 27, 2020
I bet you have a lot of things going on right now. The last thing on your mind is why you should go to an IoT conference on April 9.
Let me share several ideas on why you might want to go to this year’s IoT conference. These events can be a great morale builder during challenging time. I want my teams performing at higher levels throughout this crisis.
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How Entrepreneurs Can Transform Crisis into Opportunities for Growth
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March 25, 2020
How do you turn your current challenges into opportunities? Robert F. Kennedy once said, “Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each...
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Leaders, Are You Ready to Follow the Serving Leader’s Path?
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March 20, 2020
I recently ran into a friend I haven’t seen for years. We always had similar interests in serving leadership. We started talking about COVID-19. He...
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Can Emotional Intelligence Help Leaders Deal with COVID-19?
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March 13, 2020
Emotional intelligence (EQ) can help you better prepare for COVID-19 in the coming weeks and months. For serving leaders, it’s an opportunity to develop a stronger connection and relationships with your team. People are afraid. They’re concerned COVID-19 is running rampant and there’s nothing
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How to Communicate to Better Connect With People in 2020
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February 28, 2020
How do you get heard above all the noise today? People are exposed to over 30,000 messages every day. How do you communicate so people...
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4 Ways to Make Your Clients Fall in Love With Your Work
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February 26, 2020
To ensure repeat business, or secure a long-term client relationship, you must make them fall in love with your work. Give your clients the sense that they wouldn’t be able to function well without you. Why it’s important Especially for the freelance business owner, steady, consistent wo
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What does it take to master communication in the digital age?
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February 21, 2020
I spent many years working with executive clients on developing their communication skills. It’s amazing how many different ways my senior level clients communicate to...
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Job Hunting after 50: 5 Tips to Be Successful in Your Job Search.
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February 11, 2020
Job Hunting after 50 is like starting all over again except that now you might have too much experience. And you may be working for someone the age of your children. Why would someone do this? Often it’s not a personal choice. Its chosen for us. “I was forced to...
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How do you build your healthy mindset?
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February 06, 2020
Is the secret of better health a healthy mindset? Like so many others, I tried for years to diet my way to health, only to...
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How Can Josh McConnell Help Transform Your Life Today?
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January 30, 2020
We all have New Year’s resolutions. We start with the best intentions and by the time you read this, over 80% of us have already...
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Why Hiring a Freelance Writer Might Be the Smartest Business Move You’ll Make
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January 28, 2020
There has been much buzz about hiring out freelance work in the past few years. Specifically, hiring a freelance writer has been a trend for businesses large and small alike. According to a 2018 study in Forbes: 57% of businesses are saving costs by using free-agent talent.43% of companies usin
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Sales Leaders, are You Leveraging Your Emotional Intelligence?
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January 23, 2020
Can emotional intelligence help you become a stronger sales leader? The more I attend sales meetings, the more I realize it will not be technical...
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How to leverage your unique strengths in your #Microbiz in 2020!
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January 09, 2020
January 10, 2020 is Microbiz Matters Day in the UK. It’s a day when all of us can celebrate the power of our micro businesses to help transform the world. We define a microbiz as a business with less than ten employees. There are over 4.6 million micro businesses the...
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How to Get the Most out of Your MicroBizMatters Day January 10, 2020!
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January 06, 2020
How do you get the most out of MicrobizMatters Day on January 10, 2020? Every year I attend this event. Every year it gets better...
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Merry Christmas! How Do You Create Your Leadership Vision in 2020?
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December 24, 2019
How do you create a vision for the next stage of your life? Can you combine your unique strengths, gifts, and life experiences to have impact for the rest of your life? Will your vision allow you to accomplish things that you have only dreamed of? Your vision is highly...
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How do you uncover your gifts to bring them to the world?
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December 18, 2019
What gifts can I give to serving leaders this holiday season? Every year I face the challenge of what gifts to I give to our...
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Entrepreneurs, Why Don’t You Know More About Your Key Clients?
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December 13, 2019
How much do you know about your key clients? How do you create great partnerships with other organizations? Social business, big data, and global competition are challenging the way we’ve done business in past. It seems we have more information than time today. How much do you need to
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How Can Serving Leaders Find Their Purpose?
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December 11, 2019
How do you find your purpose? Here's an easy process to get you started!
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How Do You Make Your Succession Vision 2020?
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December 06, 2019
Will 2020 be the year that you create your succession vision? How can you make your vision of the future happen starting in 2020? When I was a younger consultant, my favorite question for my entrepreneurial clients was, “How would you turn your business into a great business? “ I...
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How Serving Leadership Will Change the World in 2020!
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December 04, 2019
How will serving leaders change the future of leadership? Will 2020 change the way we lead forever? Can serving leadership still work in a world...
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Happy Father’s Day, What did your learn from your Dad?
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June 14, 2019
I’ve always loved Father’s Day. It always me of my father and many of my friend’s fathers. As I get older it’s funny how similar the men in my life resemble our dads. My father would have been 90 this year. I live in the house that I built with...
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Happy Mother’s Day! The Life Lessons I learned from My Mother!
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May 10, 2019
How do you celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend? What life lessons did your mom teach you? My mom was my first business advisor and coach. She was always teaching me something new. She never stopped learning and sharing. There are many life lessons my mother shared with me throughout...
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How Are You Serving Your Clients or Customers Today?
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April 26, 2019
I’ve made a major transition in my life over the past several months. You may have noticed I haven’t been around as much online. I’m taking my career in a new direction, one that I believe serves my friends, clients, and partners more effectively. A direction where I work more...
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A New Direction, a New Way of Serving Other Leaders Today
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April 05, 2019
I’ve been working with Berkshire Hathaway since 1986 when Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger bought a mentor’s business. On the strength of this relationship I’ve been lucky enough to work with many great financial service organizations’ leaders for the past 30 years. I’ve also been ble
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Are shared values the key to hiring great sales professionals?
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March 01, 2019
Depending on your business, a sales professional can cost your organization between $75,000 and $1,000,000 to hire, onboard and get them up to speed. What’s the shortcut for hiring great people for your sales team? I discovered hiring people based on similar shared values can provide your sales te
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Why You Want Millennials on Your Leadership Team in 2019!
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February 15, 2019
I was asked to participate in several projects this week that kept me busy. I will share my blog on ambiguity and change next week. I think you’ll find its worth the wait. I wrote this blog for a client who was recruiting the next generation of leadership for their...
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Great Partners Can Help You Increase Trust with Clients!
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January 18, 2019
For professional advisors it’s critical to know how to build successful partnerships with other firms with complementary capabilities. The net worth of your practice is directly proportional to the network of qualified, professional partners you have. Successful advisors can build trust through th
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11 Minutes to Accelerate Growth in Your Microbiz in 2019!
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January 08, 2019
This Friday is #MicroBizMatters Day in the UK. I’ve participated for the past several years by sharing content and new ideas for my friends in the UK. I also wear out my fingers retweeting and sharing other people’s great ideas on what works in a Microbiz. You can find these...
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How Digital Prospecting Can Help New Financial Advisors!
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December 14, 2018
I work with financial service and insurance organizations on developing their next generation of financial advisors. I consult with insurance carriers, banks, independent agencies and commercial brokerages on their business development strategies. The last several years have focused on attracting, o
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5 Tools Financial Advisors Can Use to Grow Your Practice in 2019
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November 30, 2018
How do you grow your practice in 2019? I just had a great conversation with a financial advisor who wanted to know what new ideas I had for growing his practice in 2019. I guess he thought a hip and cool guy like me must know something he didn’t. I...
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How Do You Remember Stan Lee?
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November 13, 2018
I got the news that Stan Lee had passed on Monday. He was one of my favorite writers of all times. When I was younger, I collected original comic book art and comic books. It was a great hobby and gave me access to many of my personal heroes growing...
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What competitive trend will disrupt your insurance agency in 2019?
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November 01, 2018
There are many opportunities and challenges for your insurance agency in the coming year. Agency leadership needs to take a more active role in deciding what business your agency pursues to be successful. Proactive agency leadership is a trend that will not go away! You can read about the first...
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Five Trends That Will Transform the Insurance Industry in 2019!
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October 26, 2018
The insurance industry is on the edge of reinvention. Will it happen in 2019? What major trends will converge to make 2019 the year of digital transformation in the insurance industry? Can you leverage these trends to grow and reinvent your insurance business? 2019 is going to be an amazing...
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How Great Communicators Empower Others to Act!
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October 12, 2018
Great leaders have superior connection skills. They are great communicators! What must we do to become great communicators? When I coach leaders, I send them a brief note to help them become stronger, more engaged communicators. I share some of these ideas with you in hopes you share them with...
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Can Warren Buffett Teach You About Coaching Leaders?
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September 28, 2018
Warren Buffett is one of the greatest investors of all time. What you may not know is Warren Buffett uses coaching to help his many organizations’ executives become even more effective leaders. Over the years he’s become incredibly successful at coaching already great leaders to a higher le
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Can Super Advisory Firms Help Transform Financial Services?
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September 11, 2018
What do larger super advisory firms bring to the financial services industry? A super advisory firm is an investing organization with over 1 billion dollars of assets under management. These organizations are springing up very quickly in the financial services markets. Currently, there are over 25
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Are You Ready for the Next Generation of Super Advisory Firms?
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September 06, 2018
I got a note from a client this morning sharing a special report on the future of advisory firms. The report shares several key trends that are creating the next generation of super advisory firms. My term, not the report’s. They define the term by having an organization with over...
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Advisors, How do you plan for an uncertain financial future?
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August 15, 2018
Financial planning and advisory services are being disrupted! Advisors face increasing global competition for investment dollars. Your clients want more for less! How can advisors successfully compete and grow in the future? Fintech companies hope to change the entire market dynamics by changing wha
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Are You Ready to Lead Your Accelerating SME Business today?
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August 07, 2018
Has your SME business helped you achieve your life and business goals? What do you need to build a thriving prosperous business in today’s fast changing business culture? Do you have the same joy and passion you had when you started building your organization? Do you want to grow a...
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How Automotive Entrepreneurs Build an Edge for Growth!
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June 15, 2018
Are transformational business changes poised to disrupt the automotive industry for the long term? Here are several changes you might have missed, but your competitors haven’t! The future isn’t what it used to be. Successful automotive entrepreneurs should leverage these changes to build stronge
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Are Automotive Entrepreneurs Transforming Transportation?
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June 13, 2018
What does it take to lead a growing successful automotive business? What key qualities do automotive entrepreneurs possess? What can we learn from these innovative leaders? I spent several days in Detroit meeting with many successful executives from both large and small automotive organizations...
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What Trend Should You Leverage for Automotive Success?
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June 06, 2018
I’m at the TU Automotive Conference in the Novi, Michigan today. I’m spending the day talking with a wide range of leaders and speakers at the event. I can’t wait to share more of what I’ve learned and how it will impact your life and business in the coming years....
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Will Anticipatory Partnerships Change Automotive Forever?
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June 04, 2018
Last week we talked about creating more anticipatory partnerships. You can find the article at Is Automotive Ready for Anticipatory Partnerships? The two foundational elements are Know What’s Next and then Develop and Seize New Opportunities. If you just embrace these two concepts, you’re ha
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Why You Should Attend 2018 Executive Leadership Summit!
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May 29, 2018
Should you attend the Executive Leadership Summit? Are you an Executive looking to harness both human talent and technological innovations as you advance your organization for the new digital economy? The 2018 Executive Leadership Summit can provide you with actionable steps to deal with today&
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How Do You Find Exceptional Sales Leaders?
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May 18, 2018
How do you find a person who can lead your sales teams through rapidly changing times? How do you attract and retain exceptional sales leaders...
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5 Soft Trends that are Disrupting Manufacturing Growth today!
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May 17, 2018
I was in Detroit last week looking for my new office space in Michigan. I had a chance to meet with several future potential clients and partners. They are very excited about what is happening throughout manufacturing in Michigan. Detroit is changing. Soft trends are transforming manufacturing ...
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Five Hard Trends That Are Transforming Your Life and Business!
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May 04, 2018
How do we seize the best opportunities as entrepreneurs? What do we need to know to create the best business for all our stakeholders? What...
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How Can Leaders Become Better at Managing Risk?
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April 27, 2018
What role does risk have in your success? Risk is the four letter word that kills more dreams than any other. Risk can help you succeed or it can guarantee you will never be successful.
Today, risk is part of everyone’s life. How you manage your risks determines your success...
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What’s at the heart of great coaching today?
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April 19, 2018
What do you think it takes to deliver great coaching? How would you coach someone as if their life depended on it? What might you...
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What are the barriers to your data science teams’ success?
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April 12, 2018
What are the barriers to data science teams success in larger organizations? Why have so many data science projects missed their mark? What should you consider as you make a data science platform decision? This is where I see IBM’s Data Science Experience as the right choice for many of...
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How Do You Attract and Recruit Technology Team Leaders?
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April 05, 2018
What’s the biggest challenge leaders face today? What single duty do most HR recruiting leaders dread? No, I’m not talking about paying taxes or having a root canal. Its hiring your future technology team leaders. Over 80% of the leaders I work with hate, yes, they hate hiring new technology...
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What will Ginni Rometty share at Think 2018?
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March 20, 2018
What can we learn from Ginni Rometty about leadership? I’m a huge fan of transformational leadership and have spent the past 30 years working with many great leaders around the world. Over the past several years, I’ve attended over twenty different global conferences to better understand what it
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Can Machine Learning Provide Your Business a Competitive Edge?
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March 16, 2018
How can machine learning (ML) provide your business with a competitive edge today, and market leadership over time? When I attend technology conferences I ask...
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Can Data Science Help Grow Your Revenue and Profits?
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March 15, 2018
Next week, I’ll be at Think 2018 in Las Vegas. As I share this, several of my clients are deciding if they should make larger investments in data science and machine learning over the next 6-18 months. I believe data science and machine learning are the dynamic duo that are...
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Can Richard Branson help you become a better, more powerful listener?
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March 09, 2018
What’s the best way to connect on a deeper level? How can you create a connection that’s built on trust faster? Why is listening becoming a lost art? What can Richard Branson teach us about becoming better listeners? I spent significant time trying to find someone who would make listening...
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How Can Think 2018 Help You Anticipate Your Future?
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March 02, 2018
Are you considering going to Think 2018? If you haven’t decided to go yet, I’m going to share why you should consider going this year....
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Are you preparing your next generation of leadership today?
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February 23, 2018
The 2018 Global Leadership Forecast by DDI found that 65% of CEOs believe their top challenge is developing the next generation of leadership for their organization. And 60% believe their organizations are failing to attract and retain top talent. How are you preparing the next generation of leade
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Can Abraham Lincoln help you become a more influential communicator?
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February 19, 2018
What can President Abraham Lincoln teach modern leaders about influential communications? How would he deal with our 24-hour news cycle? What communication lessons can we...
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Are You Ready to Compete in an Analytics Driven Age?
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February 16, 2018
How do you leverage analytics to build a more competitive organization? I have several questions to start you thinking about the possibilities advanced analytics open for your team. I’m getting ready to go to IBM’s Think 2018 in Las Vegas!
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Why Detroit Will Lead the World in Innovation by 2025!
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February 09, 2018
When you think technology innovation, do you think Detroit? What needs to happen to help transform Detroit into a technology juggernaut? I believe we are...
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Three Technology Hard Trends That Are Transforming Healthcare Today!
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February 02, 2018
Three anticipatory leaders are getting involved in the challenge of transforming healthcare together. Why do I think these three unlikely partners may succeed where other...
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Can These Three Anticipatory Leaders Disrupt Healthcare?
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February 01, 2018
What will it take to change healthcare? For years, serving leaders have wondered what would it take to transform healthcare. There are many great healthcare organizations here in the United States. The challenge of healthcare is built into the very foundations. The values, the innovation, the work
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Entrepreneurs, Are You Leveraging 10,000 Strong?
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January 26, 2018
What’s the biggest hard trend impacting your organizations today? One hard trend seems to have snuck up on many of my clients and partners’ teams....
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What key skill accelerates your life and career in 2018?
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January 19, 2018
What single skill accelerates 2018 into an extraordinary year for your life and career? Today, I share several skills almost every leader I know uses to accelerate their careers. All these skills are easy, but it’s even easier not to keep improving them. Failure to work on them could cost...
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