Re-Humanizing the Strategic Plan Process

Rehumanizing the Strategic Plan Process It’s that time of year.  Holiday decorations are going up and presents are being purchased.  Business budgets and plans are being made for the new year.  2020!  Let’s look at it as if were 20/20 – as in perfect vision.  What does the future hold for your agency? Many of… Continue Reading

The Real WHY!

Earlier this year, we were contacted by an agency owner who had heard us on a podcast.  Little did we know how much that initial phone call would come to mean.  There was something very special about this owner and we were intrigued to learn more.  The organic growth rates his agency was consistently achieving… Continue Reading

Success and Mindset – the Power Connection

“It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get up.” Vince Lombardi Face it: Life is tough sometimes.  It can kick you in the teeth when you least expect it and there is no fairness to it.  Even worse, many times there isn’t anything you can even do about it – especially in… Continue Reading

Know more about your employees than just their name!

Several years ago, I started a blog called Managing Business Acumen.  Though I loved writing it, the audience never seemed to take root and eventually it fell by the wayside.  Yet, here is another attempt.  Why?  What is that motivation that continues to drive me?  There are very simple answers: To be heard; To make… Continue Reading