7 Steps to the top When you’re writing a book, if you can get someone truly cool and not just Facebook famous, but truly part of history to contribute or be interviewed, there’s that something extra when the book comes out.  One such interview we did for one of my books was with an explorer […]

Cash flow, Free cash, and Free-dom UNDERSTANDING THE FLOW OF CASH Recently, I’ve been asked to become the CFO for what is evolving into the most compelling, effective, and vertically integrated tech firm in history. When a CFO comes into any organization, the most important item to understand is how the cash flows – and […]

Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) for Happy, Engaged Employees Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) is the Holy Grail, the top award, the Heisman Trophy of effective leadership. When you create it, your team members exhibit an ownership of the mission, promote excellence in the workplace, go above and beyond the call of duty, take pride in their […]

The Science and Art of Speaking and Writing That Works! MAKING CONTENT POP AND IMPACT    When mom accidentally sees their teenage boy naked, the whole house can fall apart for days. In the acclaimed movie, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” the  mom, played by Jennifer Garner unwittingly sees the teenager […]

I recently visited a doctor who lived a lifestyle that most would really envy. He lived on the water, had multiple watercraft, everyone in the household possessed very nice cars, they had many great toys, a sweet home gym (In addition to a gym membership), and all of the really cool stuff you need to […]

Getting staff to think like “Owners” and become “Teams” WHAT IS OWNERSHIP THINKING? The idea of performance-based financial goals is to transcend the natural, punch-in/punch-out mentality that seeps into most organizations.  You want teams working together for agreed upon wins, not staff collecting a paycheck. In other words, you want everyone thinking like an owner; […]