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How Micromanaging Will Kill Your Company

In my years of experience as a CEO and in consulting with businesses, I have never once suggested micromanaging as a strategy to help a business succeed. In fact, when I see micromanaging in action, it is a sure sign that if change does not occur, the company is doomed to fail! In this blog,

5 Steps to Reverse the Downward Cycle of Disconnection

In 2003, three friends started a retail chain. Business was great—until the 2008 recession. After the downturn, many of their stores sales decreased at an alarming rate, and some even had to close their doors. Within a year, the company’s net income had been reduced by half, forcing the founders to adopt drastic cost-cutting measures

What I Learned from an Angry Dad . . . and Then from a Loving Father

Anxiety was ever-present in my home growing up, but it always escalated each afternoon before my dad came home from work. This was the time when my mom, brother, and I made sure everything was perfect—house and rooms clean, dinner prepared, etc.—and tried to become small targets to avoid his anger and punishment. We never

Why Honor Matters In Business: My Podcast with Shaun Tabatt

Shaun Tabatt and I recently spent an hour discussing The Business of Honor on his podcast, The Shaun Tabatt Show. We tackled most of the big topics in the book, including: What is honor and why do we need it in business? Why is the topic of identity so important to understanding and living out

3 Fears We Must Overcome In Business

I think of business as an ecosystem of relationships. Honor in business is all about stewarding these relationships well—both the internal relationships between leaders and team members, and external relationships between businesses and vendors, competitors, regulators, and customers. The goal in every relationship, whether personal or professional, is the same: forming, sustaining, and protecting a