Today’s topic might seem unusual to you. Because it is unusual, I hope it makes you think seriously about something we don’t often talk about. It is likely that you will find yourself uncomfortably close to a situation you never imagined whether in your organization, your community, or your home. What should be a leader’s […]

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Have you ever found yourself saying “Wow, he/she is so lucky.” Most of the time, luck had little to do with it. Think of a personal goal that you have. I’m not going anywhere – I’ll wait. Maybe you want to lose ten pounds, start a business, get a degree, buy a home, get a […]

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Are you really making progress, moving forward, if you aren’t failing? What if failure is a necessity? I know this is going to sound strange, maybe even illogical, but failing and surviving will actually prepare you to take bigger risks and fail less often. If you are caught in a trap of continually seeking security, […]

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This is Part Two of my interview with Tom Jackson. Part One can be found here. Tom is the President of Steel Encounters, Inc (SEI). SEI is a specialty contractor and structural steel supplier headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, with annual revenues exceeding $100 million. Tom has 35 years of construction industry experience. He […]

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Tom Jackson is the President of Steel Encounters, Inc (SEI). SEI is a specialty contractor and structural steel supplier headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, with annual revenues exceeding $100 million. Tom has 35 years of construction industry experience. He has filled many roles from job site worker, up the ranks through the field and […]

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Influence anyone in seven minutes or less. Now that’s a provocative sounding title, isn’t it! C’mon man, really? Seven minutes? Seven minutes and I can get them to do anything I want? Uh…NO, that’s not what I said. There is a line that we have to draw between influence and manipulation. We know that leadership […]

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You might be wondering why we should even discuss maintaining momentum when harassed by hardship. After all, it sounds…you know, hard! Can’t we talk about something lighter? Something fun? The simple fact is that all of us are going to experience challenging times during various stages of our career. You know the likelihood for dramatic […]

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What is the number one priority for every leader? How do you create an environment that facilitates maximum productivity? A place where people give maximum effort, feel outstanding levels of job satisfaction, where deep currents of trust and cooperation flow strongly every single day. It sounds like a workplace utopia and it’s closer than you […]

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Well, it’s that time of year. Another podcast rehashing the same stuff that comes up every January. What are you going to do differently in 2018? What’s your one word, your three words, your paragraph? This is the year you will write your book, right? The year you are going to get 1,000 clients, 10,000 […]

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The topic of initiative and service has come up frequently for me recently and I thought it would be appropriate to share some insights with you that I have gained over the last couple months. It seems rare to see folks take initiative. Maybe even extremely rare. About ten years ago, I was given a […]

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