Built to Last

Businesses built to last favor resilience.
Five Sparks for Success!

If there’s no spark, there’s no fire!
On an Island

Community replaces isolation on an island.
Two Ways of Looking at “Pride” [Guest Post]

How to tell if the type of pride you are feeling is healthy…
We includes Me

Individual abilities can gain exponential potential through collaboration with other talented professionals.
Soar Higher!

Memorial Day provides us with an opportunity to honor the sacrifices that built this Nation. This is our time to Soar Higher!
Is It Because You’re a Great Leader?
When business is going well, is it because you’re a great leader? It can be tempting to think so, but you’d be wrong. Success isn’t about you. Leadership is about Vision and Strategic Direction. It’s also fundamentally about attracting and engaging the right people who will generate desired results, then providing them with the resources, […]
Better Together
This year has brought fresh perspective on many important things. New people in new places, doing important work with and for others, have reinforced the power of teamwork. We are better together. Ideas are sometimes born in quiet thought, but they gain life when they are shared with others. Those with the greatest potential for […]
T.E.A.M.
Yesterday was one of those exceptional days that illustrates why leading a business is such great fun. Our Tampa Branch was gathering for a celebratory luncheon to recognize and reward remarkable safety results they’ve achieved over the past year, but I got to witness “why” and “how” those results have been achieved. In a nutshell, […]
Two Levels of Teamwork
Most of us work on a team at one time or another, whether as team leader or member. When it comes to functional teams, however, there are two distinct levels of teamwork and they produce radically different results. I won’t discuss dysfunctional teams here, because we all know that’s not any place we want to […]