3 Things Silicon Valley Can Learn From Smaller Companies

With Uber and Google’s workplace diversity issues sparking headlines across the country this year, I wanted to share three things that will make a difference.  To be clear, none of these things are quick fixes.  All three of these ideas are designed to help create a company culture that is diverse and empowered.  This can sometimes take…

3 Often Overlooked Ways to Quickly Boost Your Profit Margin

One advantage of working with hundreds of business coaching clients is that we get to see which “levers” in a business are the easiest to quickly impact profitability. Here are my three favorite “profit levers” for you to adjust to increase your company’s operating profit margin. One: Raise Your Prices I know you may be…

A Little-Known Secret to Be a Much More Effective Leader

Earlier today I was leading a web cam round table with a dozen of our top business coaching clients. The subject was leadership. During a portion of this round table the participants were sharing how they were personally using a simple delegation technique we had taught them called the “Capability Spectrum”. Imagine a scale from…