The Use of Questions as a Fantastic Leadership Skill with Bob Tiede
Sep 9, 2024
Telling people things allows them to disagree with you. Asking them questions allows you to understand their perspective and allows you to align with their ideas before directing them. Bob Tiede is an author of the book Leading with Questions. He and I discuss the power of questions as a leadership tool.
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Ron Holt of Pink Zebra Moving - Upending the Tired and Stale Moving Business
Sep 3, 2024
The business of moving and movers. Pretty tried and true. Very little room for disruption, right? Wrong. Ron Holt has upended tradtional businesses before and is doing it again. His first was Two Maids where he based the payment of the service providers on the evaluations of the customers. The result? Huge efforts from...
The Business of Weather with Rob Lightbrown
Jul 29, 2024
With all the free weather apps avaialble, why pay for a forecast? Because Crown Weather offers something a bit more, a bit personal. Rob Lightbrown offers a subscription only weather forecast that gets into the weeds of the weather. I was referred to him by a retired banker who used Rob's service to help his...
StoryBrand is a Simple and Compelling Sales Tool. Stephanie Greenwood Introduces It to Me.
Jul 22, 2024
Who is the hero of your business? Too often, it's you. It SHOULD be the customer. Stephanie Greenwood is a StoryBrand consultant and explains it all so simply to me. She's with IMMIX Strategic and walks me through the process. The customer is the hero. You - the business - are a guide that helps the hero overcome their...
Brandon Smith & Wills Moore - Author v Editor Book Review
Jul 15, 2024
Leadership consultant and author Brandon Smith has written a book that I've had referenced to me too many times in the past weeks to simply ignore. Called Author vs Editor Dilemma, the book is a management and leadership guide with simple plans for turning your employees into a more highly productive team. It's a...