“You are almost there!” I said. “Just a bit further….you’ve got this!” At the time, I didn’t realize the impact of that little lie. I was serving as a race volunteer for a 10k run (a bit in excess of 6.2miles), and was handing...
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It’s estimated that the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament will cost American businesses nearly $2 billion in lost productivity during its 3-week run. Because I’m a generous person, I’m going to give a little bit of that back...
Think back to your freshman year of college. (Understandably this might be a long ways back for some, so I’ll give you a few minutes to dust off those memories and reminisce a bit.) Freshman year probably conjures up...
According to our news media, it seems that any topic or circumstance about which at least two people have different points of view is a CONTROVERSY! Unfortunately, framing legitimate questions and alternative points of view as...
There are just some things you shouldn’t attempt to do on your own. No matter how 'good' you think you might be. Let’s consider this… as a business owner; would you ever do the taxes for your business? How about handle all of...
One of the reasons I love teaching business strategy at a couple of local universities is because my class is the last stop before students graduate. There is something so fulfilling about knowing those students are about to...
Welcome back for Part III of our eQ blog series on elite talent! As we were discussing yesterday, the benchmarking process serves as an opportunity to realign each position with the most up-to-date strategic business...
If you were with us yesterday then you’ll remember that when tasked with picking the best, most elite, representation of a team the consensus at eQ was the Navy SEALs. What better image evokes feelings of resolve,...
My high school English teacher always used to tell me (more scold me) to never start a paper with a quote. So today, I’d like to start my blog with a quote - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the famous theologian and staunch opponent of...
