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I was somewhat shocked by the following facts: According to a recent report by Deloitte, companies around the world invest approximately $46 billion annually on leadership development programs. What do they get for their $46 Billion? Not much, it appears.  The Corporate Leadership Council found that, despite this huge investment on leadership training, productivity improved …

2%! – Leadership Training Is Failing – The Big Missing Piece Read More »

Based on a Harvard Business School study by Shikhar Ghosh, 75 percent of venture-backed startups fail and up to 90% of startups in general fail. In a study by Statistic Brain, Startup Business Failure Rate by Industry asked leadership of the companies the reasons for business failure, including a list     of 12 leading management mistakes. Patrick Henry, Founder & …

Giving Our Startups the Best Chance to Win—The Hidden Factor Read More »

Change in our bloated, inefficient, overpriced, dangerous, low-rated healthcare system is coming. It has to. The current direction of the existing system is not sustainable for the system itself and also for our country. Our healthcare is more than twice as expensive as the average of advanced nations worldwide. What do we get for this …

Bankrupting America – Fixing Healthcare in the US – An Interim Step Read More »

Greetings One and All, The holidays are upon us with the usual hustle and bustle for most. I’m not surprised that these days of the year have a whiff of melancholy wafting in the ethers for many of us. I know it tends to be so with me and mine. I think we are plunged …

Some Thoughts on the Holidays Read More »

This article is mostly the Prologue of a little book I recently competed, The New Agreements For Leaders. Most of us know the old saying that doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result is a form of insanity. It’s no different for leaders and managers. When the company stalls or big …

I’m Struggling With My Business – What Can I Do? Read More »

The 94% Rule – The Single Most Powerful Principle Every Leader & Manager Must Know The 94% Rule is an absolute game-changer for leaders and managers—at least those who want to be maximally effective. Coined by W. Edwards Deming, the greatest quality and systems guru ever, the Rule states: 94% of the results we experience …

Elementor #438 Read More »

The Four Agreements at Work -Why They Are Not Enough- Having spent eight years with don Miguel Ruiz, author of the iconic The Four Agreements, I have taught The Four Agreements in companies for more than 25 years. For those of you new to Miguel’s Four Agreements (see: www.miguelruiz.com), they are: 1.     Be Impeccable With …

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