The Power of Personality Assessments and AI in Your Hiring Practices   Hiring can be a tedious task. For years, companies looking for the ideal candidates poured over resumes, narrowed them to a few, brought some in for interviews, and

Being a fan of professional football and a business owner, I am always disappointed when a good player leaves my Cincinnati Bengals for another team and when a good employee leaves one of my companies for another.   Why do

Determining if you should shut down your business   One of the most difficult decisions for a business owner to make is when to call it quits. Last month I wrote about the financial challenges at a couple of my

When life feels hard and things aren’t going the way you hoped, it’s easy to throw in the towel. Keep pushing. You’ve got this.

When you hear the CEO of a company tell an employee, “I do not have the power to promote you,” you might smirk and wonder why a leader would make such a ludicrous statement. You might also think he is

Teamwork is the ultimate company advantage and a remarkable sight when you see it in action. While it is a word that leaders freely toss about like it is a common reality, the truth is teamwork does not just happen.

While some see leadership as a fancy title, it’s more complex. To be a true leader, you must earn the title.

ur company has never had to tear down a wall we never built. On the other hand, we do not get to bill for our work unless we build the wall. The lesser of the two evils is to find a way to build the wall as soon as possible so we can bill for our work….

I recently encountered a contractor whom I estimate had to do $4 million worth of work to recover from a $160,000 pricing mistake. Ouch! That may sound impossible, but numbers do not lie. Stick with me and I will show