Why is Breaking Bad a lesson for leaders?

Why is Breaking Bad a lesson for leaders?

I call it the Breaking Bad theory – where a series of decisions produce a compound effect similar to inflated confidence or ignorant faith leading to an attitude of contrived invincibility.  Becoming Heisenberg Like many others I watched the series Breaking...
How Empowerment Encourages Leadership

How Empowerment Encourages Leadership

For the past six years I have been involved with the Academy of Country Music (ACM) and their annual awards show and music festival. In 2014 I performed an Event 360°Analysis. The analysis is intended to gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses as...
EQ, Empathy, Oprah and Leadership

EQ, Empathy, Oprah and Leadership

I am a fan of Oprah, more so as I unravel my (hopefully) constant evolution. She seems to have a knack for communicating things or asking questions that I am intrigued by, and she interviews people I would love to have coffee with. Yesterday I watched a small portion...
Would you fire a client?

Would you fire a client?

It was an interesting week last week. I find that with each contract, and each client I learn. I learn more about myself and more about what kind of clients I not only want, but like. But can you fire a client? Should you consider that they are not the kind of person...
Do you cut your rate to get the work?

Do you cut your rate to get the work?

It’s that thing, that thing when as a small business you are faced with the question – “do you cut your rate to get the work?” I am fairly certain that businesses run into this all the time. In fact I had a very similar conversation with my...