I don't have to tell you that the pandemic decimated the income streams of so many businesses. And in the mad scramble to keep money coming in, you might have encountered or heard increasing use of an old term. Joint Ventures. As in, let's do a joint venture together and…

Can you articulate the sexiest result or results from your customer base? No — I am not talking about the fact that 98% pay their bills on time. (Yes, cash flow is indeed incredible. But that is not the sexiest result.) So let me give you a hint. There are…

Years ago, the Bee Gees wrote the song, How Deep Is Your Love? and yes, it became a massive hit. It is a song about getting to know that special someone in our lives. Last week I had an aha moment about all our friends, connections, and acquaintances outside our…

Over the past month, I have been dealing with a couple of clients who have an abject fear of Failure. The kind that follows the path of ‘if that doesn’t happen, I will have lost everything, gained nothing, and be seen by all as worthless.’ Most human beings have these…

Over the past month, I have been dealing with a couple of clients who have an abject fear of Failure. The kind that follows the path of ‘if that doesn’t happen, I will have lost everything, gained nothing, and be seen by all as worthless.’ Most human beings have these…

An Interviewing Hack that Delivers The whole interviewing process has become such a canned exercise these days. We all have standard questions. Worse, the more innovative candidates have practiced and come prepared with such smooth delivery. But, frankly, some candidates can be so frustrating. Our questions don’t necessarily yield honest answers. The BS factor can…

The Art of a Good Hire We all know there is such a large unemployment rate today and a groundswell of resume circulation. Thank you, COVID. Yet I still see and hear the usual hew and cry about how employers are having a tough time finding good help. That there is a huge shortage of decent…

Lately, I have been doing a bunch of interviews on my favourite topic—people Leadership. So, over the next few posts, I will share some of the things I firmly believe I personally have had excellent hardcore results with and that I have watched occur with some of my more wary…

Have you ever listened to any Spencer Davis Group music? (They were a UK band formed in 1963 and lasted about six years.) One of their massive hits was the Gimme Some Loving song. I fell in love with that song more than twenty years after being released. The chorus…