“There is no safe way to be great. There is no great way to be safe.” – Bob Anderson If. It’s a very small word. Combine it with a few other words and it holds the power to raise you up or cut you to your core. “What if….” holds the power of...
Fall is the perfect time to start planning if you’re creating a business strategy for the new year. If you want your team to “hit the ground running” in January, they need an idea of where you want them to end up. And this is where a few lessons from growing up on a...
What happens when you face an obstacle? And how do you lead when your team hits a roadblock? You might think the role of a great leader is to create and execute a perfect plan. And while there’s some truth to that, life rarely plays along. Having a vision is a good...
What happens when you read this quote? Whenever I read it, I start to get this funny feeling in my gut. It’s like seeing a truth about myself that I didn’t want to see. As a leader and business owner, it’s easy to get caught up in saying “yes” to others. You...
I’m a bit of a storm junky. I loved watching the storms roll in on the farm where I grew up. When rainstorms approached, there would be this eerie calm where not a breath seemed to exist. The air felt heavy and dense, almost electric. There’d be a cold rush of wind...
