Leaders' Thoughts

Thought Tweet #404 If you could only build one thing, what would it be? The Thinking Behind the Tweet For leaders, this question can be a reality check…

Thought Tweet #401 About Leadership: Be a booster not a rooster. The Thinking Behind the Tweet Unless, of course, you are leading chickens...in which case…

Many important words begin with 'in'. One important Inword that cropped up several times this week is: INITIATE. Seth Godin cited Initiative as the #1…

Business Leaders: do you have a Selling Purpose ? Here is the way Spencer Johnson 1 presented this concept in 1985: " MY SELLING PURPOSE is to help people…

Thought Tweet #395 "Build excellent support around you: excellent relationships will boost you." The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet That’s a good piece of…

Thought Tweet #389 "The terms balance and restraint rarely come up as descriptors of powerful people…" The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet "The terms balance…

Business Contains Only 3 Things: People, Process, & Situations. When People are doing Processes in Situations - when People are doing business - the business…

Thought Tweet #368 Leaders need the paradoxical combination of self-confidence and humility to learn. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Noel Tichy and…

"Family business is intertwined with our community." That's one of the first things Iain Klugman, Communitech 's CEO, said when he spoke at CFFB's October…

Thought Tweet #363 Control Things & Relate to People…Covey, the elder, said something like that. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet When I say 'the elder' I…

A little over 200 years ago Napoleon Bonaparte's army crushed the Prussian army in the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt. In summary, Napoleon's French army was…

Thought Tweet #353 If you are uncomfortable networking, that's contagious. If you enjoy networking, that's contagious. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet…

Thought Tweet #352 When Leaders tell followers what to do they need to limit that telling to BIG PICTURE things. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Some…

Robin Todd, President/CEO of Marks Supply Inc., was the special-guest speaker at CFFB’s October breakfast. Robin shared her family-business story and she…

Thought Tweet #342 Don’t keep guessing why results didn’t happen: define and measure the Conversion of Actions. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet More…

You ship messages… …every waking moment …every single day. Why not spend 30 seconds or so, right now…thinking about “ the Transporter of your messages ”…

We say Business only contains 3 things: People, Process, & Situations . We need to clarify what we mean by ‘ Situations ’. Situation def’n: a snapshot of an…

Many people tout the book ‘Good to Great’, by Jim Collins. I am one of those people. My favourite parts are two of the analogies: The Hedgehog Concept and…

Douglas Porter, BMO’s Deputy Chief Economist and Managing Director, helped CFFB kick of its 2011/2012 year. Douglas was the keynote speaker at our September…

OK…you might think that’s true…or you may think it isn’t. AND – you might think - even if it is true…what difference does that make? Here’s the point: Many…

You can help your followers overcome Bad Habits. Every person has Bad Habits. Often people wish to remove their Bad Habits. But, their wishing doesn’t get it…

Business is about people, process, and situations. People create the process and people create most of the situations. So, when you boil it down business is…

Most of the successful Leaders we have met with feel the ooze of abundance. They are inspired by competition. They are solution-oriented. They are…

You know that K.I.S.S. Principle - Keep It Simple Stupid. Now, isn’t that an annoying little saying! People are not stupid…they just have more Bad Habits…

How many times have you heard the saying, 'misery enjoys company' ? Apparently, this is widely-accepted as a fact of the human condition. And, it has been…

You: the Leader The Situation: The business is in a start-up mode, or a re-directed mode, and everyone seems to be struggling too much. Preamble: You don’t…

I don’t mean the ‘ Mastermind ’ you find when you look up the word in a dictionary…which yields something like ‘ a creative person who directs a project ’. I…

Sales Tweet #237 LinkedIn is a sales tool - join Groups where your Clients are members…that's a way to prospect. The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet The…

Sales Tweet #229 Is it possible people are not inspired to 'play the game of work' because they think they cannot win? The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet…

I had the pleasure of attending Canadian General Rick Hillier’s presentation at the recent WRHBA lunch. What an interesting military leader! What a clear…