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Business owners are accustomed to wearing many hats, and many don’t have the financial resources or personnel to field a full management team. The owner winds up wearing one or more functional hats in addition to that of the CEO but Second In Command should not be one of them. However, until you ha Read More

Robert Morris is the number one reviewer of business books for Amazon.com. A few weeks ago he posted a great review of Hunting in a Farmer’s World, and asked if he could interview me. Bob’s questions were really fun. To my surprise, he is publishing the entire thing in two parts. Read More

You’ve just run a great meeting, or at least you thought it was great. You stuck to the agenda and got through all the items on it. You reached consensus on action items, and have assigned responsibility with acknowledgement for each one. What could be better? Read More

Meetings are for the sole purpose of making decisions. Sharing information is important, but there are many far more efficient and cost effective ways to do it. Important information is better communicated in writing. So every meeting needs an action plan. Here are some tips to make them effective Read More

You’ve started your meeting out with the proper preparation, and now it is time to get into the business of the meeting. It's time to look at participation or the meat of the meet as it were. Who needs to be at the table? Read More

The effectiveness of a business meeting is often determined in the first few minutes. A written agenda and these tips will help you get started on the right foot. Read More

Meetings are a necessity. The challenge is to avoid making them an unpleasant necessity. Bad meetings steal time from more important activities and they are expensive. Do you know what makes a "good" meeting? Read More

I’ve discovered the secret to success. Spend a few days doing something completely different. Stretch from your comfort zone. Make new friends. Clean up your attitude. Then quickly go out and talk with as many really smart people as you possibly can. Sometimes you have to do something different. Read More

As a business grows, the founder gets further away from the customer. They are no longer concerned about whether people leave happy, as long as they leave their money. It’s a shame that good service is becoming such a notable event that I think it deserves special recognition. Read More

Hunters/entrepreneurs are linear moving from objective to objective in as straight line as possible. The farmers/managers who work with and for us are different. They prefer cyclical tasks, with a beginning a middle and an end. When farmers have to answer to hunters, there may be a communication ga Read More