Creative leadership training for portfolio company executives is the way to accelerate growth.

April 20th, 2011

The benefits to PE and VC firms of bringing together and providing a hands-on, experiential and interactive programs for company executives are twofold. One is to provide innovative, creative leadership training for these executives. The other is for the executives, who, when they personally experience and realize the value of creative leadership training, to voluntarily […]

What is the creativity level of your company?

April 19th, 2011

What is the creativity level of your company? Funders and company executives are challenged when asked to rate the creativity level in their companies on a scale of 1-10. Tough for many to do when their sole focus has been counting beans instead of developing creative capital. Our country –from the age of 3 years […]

Limiting habit energy is changed into creative, innovative energy.

April 18th, 2011

Every day 95% of a company’s intellectual property walks out the door. And the executives trained to know how to leverage their internal assets and turn human capital into creative capital will quickly turn habit energy into increased market share, revenue and profits. Their employees will look forward to returning the next day. These are […]

XPX Summit 2011 Workshop Responses at Babson College

April 8th, 2011

Recently, I presented a workshop on “Making a Connection for a Win/Win.” The event was the annual XPX Summit 2011 at Babson College in Massachusetts. I would like to share with you the several video responses to the workshop by attendees. Contact me if you would like to improve your Win/Win communications skills in leadership, […]

Yes and…

April 5th, 2011

Many have learned that training in improvisational theater techniques is far more effective in developing inter-silo and intra-silo collaboration in their companies than all the traditional business school and business consultant collaboration trainings and workshops being held.

Rules for Bicycling Suicide

March 10th, 2011

As an avid bicyclist the rapidly growing number of formulas for bicycling suicide ceases to amaze me. As cycling and commuter bicycling grows exponentially around the country the carelessness of too many bicyclists is a growing threat to everyone’s safety. If you want to play Russian roulette on wheels here are the formulas. Bicycling Suicide […]

Meet me face to face on March 15th at my seminar for XPX Summit 2011

March 7th, 2011

Meet me face to face on March 15th at my seminar for XPX Summit 2011 at Babson College, Wellesley, MA – “Making the Connection for a Win/Win.” This is a must attend all-day conference for any professional advising business owners how to prepare, monetize and successfully exit their businesses. Space is limited. Click here to […]

Making the Connection for a Win/Win at XPX Summit 2011

February 24th, 2011

On March 15, I will be one of the presenters at the XPX (Exit Planning Exchange) Summit 2011 being held at Babson College in Massachusetts. This is a must attend conference for any professional advising business owners how to prepare, monetize and successfully exit their businesses. During the daylong conference, you will hear from three […]

Face-to-Face with British Airways contest winners

February 22nd, 2011

Globally, as a small entrepreneur, how do you win/win, face-to-face and compete successfully in other countries and other cultures?

Director of First Impressions for a Win/Win

February 14th, 2011

About a year ago, I had a meeting with an accounting firm and when I walked into the office I was bowled over by the nameplate on top of the receptionist desk. It read Director of First Impressions. The warm, friendly, intelligent, first impression from that receptionist set the tone for me as to what […]