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Leading Those Who Don’t Appreciate You
In a perfect world, the people we lead would be highly skilled individuals with extraordinary work ethics and with a strong appreciation for the opportunity they have. Sometimes, however, those you lead have some of those characteristics, but not all. Some of them are highly skilled, yet don’t necessarily hold you with the highest regard.
The Well-Planned Leader
There are so many different essential traits of a gifted leader. Few are more important than planning. No one wants to get lost in their business or with their careers. Everyone in the building is going to be judging the leader by the quality of their planning...
Building Business Relationships
@@@@When it comes to being successful in business and life, it's all about relationships. Most elite leaders will tell you that developing a circle of trusted friends, colleagues, and partners is as important as any other task before them. However, building business...
When You Have Way More Tasks Than Time
Have you every started off a day or week by saying to yourself, “There is no way we’re going to get everything done that we need to do?”
Outlasting The Competition
Can you imagine what it would be like if you had no competition in your business? None at all.
How To Win The Game Of Entrepreneurship
Many people decide to start a business with the idea that it’s going to change their lives in so many marvelous ways.
Leading After Experiencing A Crisis
In this special episode of the Two Are Gathered Leadership podcast we hear from Co-Host Jim Johnson only six weeks after his recent open heart surgery.
Leading When Things Are Out Of Your Control
There are few things leaders and entrepreneurs enjoy more than being in control. The truth is we never really are in control. It’s a leadership delusion.
Shining The Light On Stubbornness
If we’re in leadership. If we’re entrepreneurs. There is an excellent chance we’re heard this phrase throughout our lifetimes: You are SO stubborn.
The Power Of Pruning In Leadership And Life
One thing virtually every leader and entrepreneur wants to do…is to grow.
How Future Proof Is Your Business?
How future proof is you business? How well prepared are you for all of the things that could go wrong?
The Leadership Health Check
When you get into a leadership role one of the first great challenges you’ll have to face is realizing that things are much different than they are advertised.
The Less Glamorous Side Of Winning At Business
What is one of the most common questions a young entrepreneur will ask a much more experienced business owner?
Driving Through A Leadership Fog
Leadership is about vision. Unfortunately, there are those times in the leader’s voyage when things get hazy…they get foggy…and uncertain.
Keeping A Good Business From Going Bad
You have your favorite restaurant. One you’ve enjoyed for years. But…then something has changed. It’s just not as good as it used to be.
The Things We Shouldn’t Say
As leaders, in order for us to be successful, we must be excellent communicators. This is something we need to grow in each and every day.
Advanced Networking Techniques
At the entrepreneur level, you really don’t have time to be attending all of these multiple networking events, passing out business cards like frisbees.
The Seldom Celebrated Benefits Of Being A Business Owner
There are few greater challenges we will face in leadership than owning our own business. But, there are also some fantastic and seldom celebrated benefits.
The Virtues Of Patience
How many times have we heard this phrase: Patience is a virtue? But is this true when it comes to business?
Landing The Bigger Fish
There is a big difference between winning the lottery and winning in business. Yet, many entrepreneurs sometimes get these confused.
Battling The Business Owner Blues
One of the dark secrets of entrepreneurism is that it’s not all that it’s made out to be. This realization can bring on a bad case of the business owner blues.
The Thin Line Between High Performance And Being Overwhelmed
Who goes into business wanting to be a so-so leader? No…as leaders and entrepreneurs…we want to be high performance!
All’s Well That Ends Well
As leaders of organizations, as entrepreneurs, as wild-eyed inventors…we as a people…love getting things started.
The Value Of Business Friendships
We all need friends. We all need friendships with others. The question is…do we need business friendships?
When Your Project Runs Out Of Money
Is your project or business running out of money? You’re not alone. This is an ongoing challenge for entrepreneurs.
The Superpower Of Responsibility
We’re the leader. The entrepreneur. We’re the boss. We can choose our own path. Don’t we have a right to be…irresponsible at times?
The Hardest Part About Being An Entrepreneur
Most of our listeners are entrepreneurs, are working with entrepreneurs or are thinking someday about being entrepreneurs. Here is what you need to know.
Learning To Listen
As entrepreneurs we are uniquely designed to go against the grain, to stop listening to how everyone says things should be done and to go out and do it our own way.
Regaining Your Traction When You’re Starting To Slip
Traction is one of the most treasured elements of leadership. It’s also one of the most elusive. Just when you think you’ve got it…it starts slipping away.
Maximizing The Talent Around You
One of the greatest joys of being a leader is when you get to assemble talent around you. It’s also one of your most important tasks to maximize this talent.