Beware of the Bear
This week I’m at the family cottage. I’ve been coming here for 35 years.
We arrived yesterday and my parents drove up a day earlier.
As my folks approached the cottage, less
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The Problem with Being Chosen
We can replace almost every asset in your business.
Almost.
But there’s one thing we can’t replace too easily - the customer.
I delivered a keynote last week to almost 250 non-profit association
Catch & Release
Last weekend I competed in a Fly Fishing tournament.
Before you picture me perched high on a rock over some pristine river, casting my line like Brad Pitt in A River
Accepted to The Society for the Advancement of Consulting
I'm happy to report that I've passed all the entry requirements and have been accepted for Full Membership to the Society for the Advancement of Consulting (SAC).
SAC members abide by
Nothing Has Ever Been Sold to a Company
Here’s a historical fact - NOTHING in the history of business has ever been sold to a company.
Now when I say something like that to someone their eyebrows raise up
What Do You Get When You Put 14 CEOs in a Room?
Last week I held a sold-out Executive Breakfast event at The Four Seasons in Toronto. Between colds, April snowstorms(!!!), and unexpected travel we had 14 dynamic and insanely-successful CEOs arrive
The Tuesday Tidbit – What I Learned About Marketing in 2013
As I work with clients over the course of a year, and speak at various association events - talking to people from all different industries - I get to learn
The Art of Resolutions That Actually Get Accomplished
People create New Year’s Resolutions out of tradition. It’s our promise to ourselves to engage in some aspect of self-improvement for the New Year. Really, we’re setting goals for ourselves.
The
Getting Your Company’s Voice Right
Here's a link to an article for Vertical Response where I talk about why all the content in the world is useless if you're not talking to your clients and
The Riskier You Are, The Safer You’ll Be
I was chatting with Randy Gage (Author of the New York Times Bestselling Risky Is The New Safe) in Palm Beach last week at Alan Weiss's Premier Thought Leadership Event,