Rifles or Cannonballs: What do you fire?

By JT | May 2, 2013

Great by Choice, written by Jim Collins and Morton Hansen, is the follow up to, Good to Great.  ‘Chapter 4: Fire Bullets; then Cannonballs’ is a wonderful way to remember that experimentation and prototypes are extraordinarily valuable when seeking improvements and progress. In the 18th Century, wise captains did not waste their cannonballs. They would shoot…

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Build Business Character for Business Success

By JT | March 28, 2013

Dave Anderson from Learn to Lead suggests that a company that builds character around the following foundations will lead business growth and character growth: •    Avoid half-truths – tell the truth, no matter how ugly, to earn your community’s trust. •    Honour all commitments – keep the promises you make to maintain business integrity to…

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The Leadership Checklist

By JT | March 28, 2013

Here are some great characteristics of leaders: •    Good communications skills •    Trustworthiness •    Have enormous energy •    Lead by example •    Sense of humour – about themselves! •    Self confidence and self esteem •    Commonsense •    Courage •    Persistence •    A vision and a plan to get there Think you have all these? Awesome…

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Two Traits Entrepreneurs Share with Einstein

By JT | March 28, 2013

Has anyone ever said to you, ‘You’re no Einstein!’ or ‘Nice one Einstein!’? Probably with a touch of sarcasm without knowing how close they are to the mark! Reading www.entrepreneur.com I found an intriguing article that compared the traits of Albert Einstein – the most influential person of the 20th Century – with entrepreneurs of…

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