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Happy Labor Day Business Owners, Leaders & Employees

Today the US recognizes all the hard work those employees and owners do daily to keep our economy moving forward. One day does not equal all the hours, days, and years of hard work but it’s still at least a moment to pause and recognize the sacrifices made daily. Success is earned not given! It’s important everyone takes time to stop and recognize that gift of being able to...

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Casting Your 3 Year Vision Plan

Recently, I was asked by our executive business coach to cast a 3-year vision plan for the company. It sounded like an easy task till I realized the deadline for this plan was coming up fast. There were so many questions and doubts in my mind on how to do this well. I started out by doing research on where “the experts” felt the direction of the next 3 years would be going. As I was...

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The Years Are Short: This Is How You'll Spend 50 Years Of Your Life

If you live to be 80 years old, that’s 29,200 days. So that was the baseline for doing the calculations below—average American lifespan.

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Comfort Kills Growth: Preparing Mentally For Healthy Conflict (script included)

We like being comfortable, but comfort doesn’t lead to growth. As you take steps toward introducing healthy conflict in your home or at work, here are 4 things to be mentally prepared for. 

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Servant Leadership: How Your Identity Keeps You On Mission

Our aim as servant leaders is to be secure in who we are, which produces stability in those under our care, but we also need to remain open to being wrong.

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Fighting Burnout: Unplug, Untangle

“It FEELS like this thing we’ve built will come to a screeching halt if I step back.” Not true. The house won’t fall if I go for a walk.  

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The Enneagram: Learn Your Number (pt. 2)

This grouping of types is known as the withdrawing social stance. They are the ones that "move away" from the world. These numbers often accept the

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Don’t Be Your Own Worst Enemy: 4 Ways to Fight Negative Self-Talk

Our thoughts are essential. They determine how we act in the world, how we love, how successful we are, and how we show up.

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Leaders Need Time To Rest & Recover

It was probably nine years ago when I realized I was clueless on how to give myself rest and recover from the grind of leadership. I was in my WI CEO group from the MMAC (Metropolitan Milwaukee Area Chamber), listening to owners and leaders share how they look forward to time away from the office with their family. One guy talked about how he went away, ALONE, to Colorado to recharge his mind. ...

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3 Overlooked Leadership Characteristics: Curiosity, Winsomeness & Deference

"My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North...Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."

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