Inevitably, just about any popular term that starts out as a relevant message or talking point becomes an overused buzzword. It loses meaning, becomes fodder for the content mill and is increasingly a point of ire and contention among those that simply don’t want their time wasted with unnecessary or unrelatable trends. If you follow business and management thought leadership, you might have recently come to the conclusion that company…
Behind the Scenes at Kidbilly Music: What Motivates Billy Kirsch?
Not all of us are so lucky as to possess a “sky’s the limit” creative spirit and intellectual curiosity and then also be able to balance it out with acute business acumen on the technical side. If we’re being honest, not all of us are so lucky as to have even one of those personality traits in abundance. However, for Kidbilly Music founder Billy Kirsch, these two main personal characteristics…
How To Inspire Leaders At Every Level
It isn’t a secret that leadership can (and should) be cultivated at every rung of the corporate ladder–in fact, leadership development at all stages is critical to the advancement of company goals and growth. Yet, often managers and human resources struggle to harness the abilities and leadership potential of its employees, especially at earlier stages of professional development. The downside of this potential problem can be a high employee attrition…
Value Your Value
It’s good to connect with people who value our value. To connect with colleagues, friends, or past clients. Sometimes, it’s important to look back and appreciate the work we’ve done, and not be future stressed. Like you, I spend much of my time in future mode; it’s all about what’s next – the next potential client, the proposal, the sale, the delivery of services. The brief celebration of a job…
The Empty Nest
Until recently, I didn’t know what the phrase empty nest meant as it relates to humans. I always thought it was some conversation about birds…seriously! But with my youngest child headed to college in a heart beat, I’m now quite tuned into the phrase. For me, it means the end of a gradual evolution away from coaching early morning soccer games, being able to help with math homework, or sneaking…
Team Building Motivation and Values
I have team building clients who don’t know where they’re going, they’re not sure how to get there, but they know they want to be there. They’ve been told that they should do some team building and so they contact me. One of my first questions to that client will be about goals. What is their team building motivation? Take a look at the picture on this great blog. What…
Married To Your Business
I was coming off some very good years: several hit songs, touring with famous folks and making money through music. Julie and I were at a coffee shop and I was talking about my plan to go independent and start my own publishing company. Julie quickly volunteered that she’d like to be my song-plugger and work in the publishing biz with me. Without hesitation, I said yes and away we…
Create A Culture of Listening
As part of my continuing series of DIY team building ideas, here’s something you can do yourself. Try it at your next meeting.
Waxing Melancholy
And by waxing melancholy, I don’t mean getting my old car waxed. Although if an old car has poignant memories for you, you could wax melancholy. I’m thinking about my dog Martha. Martha passed away this week. She was fourteen years old and had been the best family pet anyone could ever want. Losing Martha put me in a melancholy place and brought back fourteen years of memories; not just…