The Compelling Vision Tomorrow Is Waiting For
Reframing How To Grow A Professional Service Practice
If the defining factor in your idea of growth is headcount, you may be
Continue Reading Reframing How To Grow A Professional Service PracticeCruelty’s Cure
My mother was talking to the eighth grade me. I’d been trying to explain why
Continue Reading Cruelty’s CureYOU Are The Difference
It begins the moment we start to feel like what we do doesn’t matter.
“It”
Continue Reading YOU Are The DifferenceAn Investment That Pays Dividends. Every Time.
Everyone is giving their life to something.
We all sense this…more acutely in some moments
Continue Reading An Investment That Pays Dividends. Every Time.Three Bottles Of Water A Week
“You going to the garage to practice juggling?”
My wife was carrying three bottles of
Continue Reading Three Bottles Of Water A WeekHere’s How To Differentiate Yourself, Instantly
I was meeting a colleague for coffee. She wanted to introduce me to a
Continue Reading Here’s How To Differentiate Yourself, InstantlyDon’t Throw In The Towel On Your 2024 Goals
Do These Three Things To Rock Q-4 and Jumpstart 2025
Conventional wisdom for many professional service providers whispers that we’re fast approaching a moment when the story for this year will be written, and there’s not much that can be done to impact this year’s revenue picture.
Before you buy this idea, can we spend a moment rethinking?
Continue Reading Don’t Throw In The Towel On Your 2024 GoalsOh No! Not the same conversation…again!
Don’t look now, but conversations are becoming increasingly rare.
The fact that there are plenty of attempts at messaging doesn’t mean any real conversations are taking place…
Just because there is measurable attention being paid to a given topic or hundreds of hours of talk devoted to a critical issue is no guarantee of progress.
Need a stark case-in-point?
Continue Reading Oh No! Not the same conversation…again!With deference to Lombardi, Winning is NOT the only thing
The sentiment expressed by Vince Lombardi, the legendary former coach of the Green Bay Packers, has reached manifesto status — “Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.”
At the other end of the spectrum is the antiquated idea derived from the Grantland Rice poem ‘Alumnus Football’ (1908) — “It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.”
Though I’m usually up for a spirited debate, let’s stipulate that it is one thing to believe that winning is the point when we’re talking about our favorite competition.
But an almost blind obsession with finishing on top is far more ubiquitous than just in the games we play
The question is — when competitive juices drive the pursuit of a win at all costs no matter the arena, what is revealed about what we value most?
Surely there are important encounters where winning is decidedly not the only thing.
Continue Reading With deference to Lombardi, Winning is NOT the only thing