NFL and Us: Free Agency for All!

Peyton Manning, my beloved CEO of the National Football League, is no longer an Indianapolis Colt.  The deal became final – he is now a Denver Bronco.  Talk about change. Peyton put Indianapolis on the map! They owe the new stadium to him. He could have run for office! Change is inevitable for all of…

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Getting To Know You

                  One more lesson from the Super Bowl. . . On Super Bowl Sunday, the two quarterbacks are known as two of the best in the business.  Besides their athletic qualities, both have many leadership skills.  One of their leadership skills is to make the players around…

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Are you ALL IN?

Valentine’s Day:  a time to celebrate who and what we love. . .  Tim Tebow is among them. Sigh. . .football season is over. . .he’s not in the news any more. . .or is he?  Sports pundits have been comparing the hot new NBA sensation, Jeremy Lin, to our boy Tim.  And yes, I…

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Thank Your Little Voice for Sharing!

                    Since everyone else is talking Tebow, let’s talk about the other game:  the one that inspired me to tell a group of California Women Business Owners (the actual name of the group) to cut out the defeatist attitude if business is not what it used…

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Did You Inherit a Bad Team? Learn from Tebow.

You start a new job as a leader of people—a manager: entry-level, mid-level, or executive.  You “inherit” a group of people:  employees you did not hire.  They are already “trained” in their jobs—you did not get to train them.  They have gone through several managers before you came along.  They did not fare very well. …

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Do You Inspire TRUST in Those Around You?

Is TRUST an issue in your workplace?  Is it an issue at home?  What can you do to rebuild it with your significant people?  Or build it in the first place? My presentations on this subject have been well received by the financial industry and others.  And I’m putting together a helpful guide full of…

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Tebow – The “it” Guy with the X Factor

Some people just have “it.”  Call it the X Factor; call it charisma.  In the NFL, rookie QB Tim Tebow has “it.”  Sports pundits have been waxing rhapsodic about him since he was drafted last April.  I saw “it” firsthand on Sunday at Denver, when the Broncos did not beat the Chargers.  BUT, when Tebow…

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