Are You Watching Or Waiting?
In his book, Take Cover, Philip De Courcy shares this story:
Growing up in Northern Ireland, I remember my Pastor Ivan Thompson telling the story of a fishing fleet from a village in Scotland headi...
Strategies
What Makes a Company a Company?
Sometimes a company is built around a product, birthed from the creativity of its creator. Sometimes a company is built around a cause or social issue. Sometimes a company is built around an idea or passion. Other companies, like IMPACT Propert...
It’s Just Math – Declining Home Prices Reflect Rising Mortgage Rates
At the Sunwest Bank Economic Forum in November, the CEO talked about the effect of interest rates on the mortgage market. Basically, he said that it’s just math. Rising interest rates have crushed demand for loans and it's going to have a neg...
Leadership Series | Summary
It is my hope that the Leadership Series has been helpful in helping you identify ways to improve as a leader. Although the list is not fully exhaustive, it does provide a general overview of what it takes to be a successful leader.
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Self Inflicted Housing Wound – The Current Housing Collapse
The housing cool off is exactly what the Federal Reserves wants and they don’t care about the long-term ramifications.
That’s right, they don’t care about the average homeowners and whether or not they are losing equity.
They are tr...
When You Have No Money To Give
Americans just celebrated Thanksgiving and then went on a spending spree. Black Friday spending was a record $9.12 Billion and Cyber Monday spending hit $11.3 Billion! That’s over $20 Billion in spending this year. Immediately following Cyber...
Leadership Series | P =Plans
Planning is key to successful leadership.
Benjamin Franklin said, “By failing to plan, you are planning to fail.” He is right. You cannot succeed as a leader if you fail to plan.
At the risk of stating the obvious, you as the leader n...
Leadership Series | H = Hope
The Training Director in one of my companies shared an image with me that said, “When you eliminate fear from your organization, very good things happen.” That truth is spot on! But how do you eliminate fear?
Leaders who lead well dispel...
Leadership Series | S = Servant
Jesus is the best example of servant leadership. Although He was God, He became a man to seek and save the lost. He served His disciples, widows, outcasts, diseased, and the lowliest of all criminals. He even served the one that would betray Hi...
Leadership Series | E = Entrenched
There are leaders who lose interest in the company they lead. For many entrepreneurs, they lose interest because the day to day mundane tasks become like handcuffs and imprison the creative and ambitious soul. The daily drudge drains the dream ...