by Kevin Brimhall | Mar 14, 2011 | Organizational Excellence
Or is it Merely a Working Group? As children and teenagers most of us played on a team of some kind: sports or otherwise. Remember what it felt like to be part of a winning team or, alternatively, a losing team? Recall the elation you felt when your team won an...
by Kevin Brimhall | Mar 4, 2011 | Goals / Purpose
The "I bought a boat" Theory of Taking Action One Step at a Time A friend passed along that her first boss and mentor tells a terrific story that illustrates the power of taking action one step at a time. Prior to their work together, he was the general...
by Kevin Brimhall | Aug 25, 2010 | Goals / Purpose
It’s not like they suddenly discovered that they were going to have thousands of hours of free time on their hands that needed to be filled. Yet here they were, on the verge of one of those key life moments, looking ready, excited, a little stressed, and a bit...
by Kevin Brimhall | Jun 29, 2010 | Personal Improvement
STRIVING. PERFORMING. ACHIEVING. Those three words say a lot. When you STRIVE, you work hard and exert yourself, often against the tide of conventional opinion, competition, and your own complacency, doubts and fears. When you PERFORM, you are using your skills and...
by Kevin Brimhall | Apr 6, 2010 | Book Summaries, Goals / Purpose
In "How to Become CEO. The Rules for Rising to the Top of Any Organization," author Jeffrey J. Fox expands on 75 factors to help a person become the head honcho, the top banana, the big cheese, the boss. I’ve selected 21 from Fox’s list to...