In his latest article for SmartCEO Baltimore, Eliot Wagonheim, founder of Wagonheim Law, shares his strategies for those times when, as a leader, you’re just going through the motions. In other words, how to keep your spark lit, your intuition… Read More
Blog
-
What Freshly Cut Grass Can Teach Us About Business Development
There is something about the smell of freshly cut grass. Most everyone but the most severe of allergy sufferers tends to revel in the sense it brings of spring and hope. Scientists, however, now believe that the scent of springtime… Read More
-
What Ancient Culture Can Teach Us About Customer Service
When it comes to putting people to sleep, the word “policy” is infinitely more effective than your average sleep aid. In fact, most policy statements may as well be written in another language, given how often people actually read and… Read More
-
What Your Unchecked Boxes Can Say About You
I was rejected last week. I had been speaking with an attorney I had thought might fill a position as a litigator in our firm and I was rejected. It wasn’t the pay; we hadn’t gotten that far in our… Read More
-
Are You Condemning Your Company to Die in the Foothills (or leading it to climb the mountains)?
Business owners know all about risk. If they listened to all of the cautious advisors and well-meaning friends, concerned about their future and all that they would be giving up, most never would have made the leap to start their… Read More
-
It’s About Time
For a long time, I wondered why gyms don’t power our cities. The thought occurred to me again this morning as I walked between the long rows of people running and riding in place. The reason, of course, is that… Read More
-
Download Series
Click The Download Button Below to Download the Business Owner’s Pocket Guide Click The Download Button Below to Download the Contractor’s Pocket Guide Click The Download Button Below to Download the Banker’s Pocket Guide Click The Download… Read More
-
3 Things Your Company Doesn’t Have, But Should
When it comes to creating policy, most companies share a philosophy made famous by Ron Popeil, inventor and infomercial marketer of many products, including the Showtime Rotisserie about which he said: “Set it, and forget it!” But in an age… Read More
-
The Key to Helping Employees Become World Class
Paula Poundstone once said that the reason adults are always asking children what they want to be when they grow up is not because they’re interested; it’s because they’re looking for ideas. With all deference to Paula Poundstone, I think… Read More
-
The One Essential, Indispensable Ingredient Of A Great Leader
I was having lunch and the person I was talking with told me she loved her accountant. “I love him. I just love him,” were her exact words. “Why,” I asked her? “What makes someone love their accountant?” “Or their… Read More