How To Create Responsibility In Your Team

Focus on your Team Unfortunately I know a lot of people that are so focused on their needs that they rarely take into account the needs of others.  When you’ve got a team of people helping you, you must take some responsibility for them.  They also have a family, kids and dreams.  Sometimes we get […]

Do You Know The Greatest Coaching Characteristic?

People Feel You Before They Hear You Have you ever been around someone that looked and talked exactly how you think they should but you felt something is just not right?  They seem to carry an image of one thing but in your heart you think, “there’s just something not right here!”  This is because […]

Coaching Questions That Produce Results

Don’t Manage People, Lead People People do not want to be managed but led.  You can manage things, but you can’t manage people.  You manage things you can control and people are not in this category.  I mention in my events I have trouble controlling my dog so how could I ever control you?  Though […]

What Environment Do You Thrive In?

What Environment Do You Thrive In? I love working with entrepreneurial organizations!  There are opportunities within smaller companies that aren’t available in larger organizations.  In smaller environments there is an opportunity to make a real and lasting difference.  You can quickly see, touch and feel the results of your efforts.  You can garner far more […]

Show Up Healthy So You Can Help Others

You Always Grow From The Inside Out For the past year I’ve had fun coaching the team at Performance QSA, which also happens to be where I work out when I’m home.  What I love about this group is our shared belief that changing physically demands that we first change mentally.  Understanding that growth is […]

10 Questions To Take Your Relationships To The Next Level

What Money Can’t Buy I’ve come to realize that the most important things in life are those things that money can’t buy.  Money can’t buy my wife and kids loving me.  Money can’t buy respect from co-workers.  Money can’t buy lasting friendships.  I like what money can do, but it’s important to realize it does […]

Harnessing The Hidden Power of Care

People Feel Care John Maxwell says, “People don’t care how you know until they know how much you care.”  I’ve realized that I can make alot of mistakes in dealing with people but if they simply know I care, they will still help me.  As a speaker and trainer, I know that I can’t help people […]

How To Connect With Anyone

Success Requires People No matter where you want to be in life, you can’t get there alone.  I tried to do it alone and failed!  I know a lot of people take the Lone Ranger approach and believe they don’t need anyone.  That attitude breeds failure.  Success in life is based on people doing transactions. […]

How To Be A Great Follower

Who Does What You Want To Do? A lot of my talks are centered around the theme:  Find who has done what you want to do and emulate them.  In some form or fashion my keynotes revolve around this topic.  This is true for most speakers, you’ll notice a theme because great communicators have tapped […]

How to Understand People

You Can’t Do It Alone For you to accomplish your goals, it requires people to help you.  You can’t do it alone!  Success demands that you form relationships with people that can help you succeed.  Since business is simply people doing transactions, it becomes imperative for me to connect with people in order for my […]

1 Way To Take Ideas to Action

From Ideas to Action I’ve become a fan of the Chris Brogan 3 Book Diet.  Even though he’s not following through with it, I’m taking some of his advice!  I’m going to work on implementing what I’m reading.  Information is not my problem, but it’s taking action.  Do you have the same issue? Instead of […]

Why You Need To Teach

Learn more to earn more Last weekend I was honored to speak at Vaughn Bethell’s Inside Out Mentoring Program.  15 fitness professionals from across the U.S. came for 2 days of training to grow their businesses.  This group understood that to earn more you have to learn more.  What do you need to learn more […]