by msynk | Aug 2, 2018 | Alignment, Coaching, decisions, Gravitas Impact, Uncategorized
Gravitas Impact means more. Much more. My coaching organization recently broke away from its parent/partner organization, and I went with them (or stayed with them, depending on your point of view). Gravitas Impact hasn’t dramatically transformed my...
by msynk | May 2, 2018 | Alignment, Book Club, Leadership, Uncategorized
Usually, I’ll post recommended book lists a couple of times a year. This recommendation for selling couldn’t wait. Stop Selling and Start Leading This is a book your management/sales team should read. I mean it. Read it. Don’t pick it up and set it...
by msynk | Jan 31, 2018 | Alignment, Coaching, Communication, Greatness, Teamwork
Love them or hate them, one can’t ignore the winning record of excellence demonstrated by the Patriots in the past decade or so. They’re in the Super Bowl again (hurrah or dammit). Since 2000, they have played in eight of them and won five! They’ve...
by msynk | May 3, 2017 | Alignment, Core Values
We’ve all observed the events of the recent past at both Wells Fargo and United Airlines. I’ve been trying to decipher the facts from the attacks while attempting to make sense of what seems to be core values gone awry. Shareholders, analysts, media, and...
by msynk | Mar 14, 2017 | Alignment, Clarity, Growth
I’ll bet you are familiar with ROI, Return On Investment, but are you familiar with ROC, Return On Clarity? You experience ROC when you work on your complex business. You make it easy to understand for your customers, staff, vendors, and partners. Lots of...
by msynk | Dec 10, 2015 | Alignment, Growth, Performance, Priorities, Process
Sometimes you learn from your clients, as I did from this long term client that clarified some of what he learned from me in a recent discussion of Primary vs Secondary Responsibilities. The client has grown fairly robustly in the past four years. It is a different...