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The Median US household has saved less than $5,000 for retirement (that means half of all households have saved more and the other half have saved less). That paints a picture of a desperate future for tens of millions of people. Here’s how we can start solving the problem.    

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While researching his book, Hit The Ground Running, Jason observed that truly exceptional leaders simply do a better and more effective job than their less successful peers at communicating where the department, business unit or company is headed. They’ve mastered the skills of being destination agents. 

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Asking for a raise is hard – it’s difficult to talk about how much money you’re worth. In this episode Jason and Dale reveal 10 things you can do to prepare yourself and present your case for getting a raise.

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Last week, I was traveling for a speech and, because of the location, had to stay in a hotel that charges $800 a night.

The service was lousy and over two nights and three days, I was on the receiving end of a record setting 36 “I’m sorry’s” and “I apologize.” Each was well-practiced and patently disingenuous.

I started doing some research and discovered that most people feel the same way; they simply don’t believe most customer service apologies.

I also discovered some fascinating research published in the Harvard Business Review about what it takes to make an apology work.

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Average companies have hundreds of objectives and initiatives. Highly successful companies have 95% fewer objectives. Here’s how to reduce the number of objectives you have and watch productivity will soar.

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I shared a flight with a cranky guy with a bad attitude last week. 

It got me thinking about how grateful I am to be an optimist and I took out a pad of paper and started making a list.

If you like the idea of being optimistic, you’ll enjoy the list and learn something.

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When researching his book, Hit The Ground Running, Jason spent time with and wrote about Howard Lance, the CEO of Harris Corporation and currently the Chairman and CEO of three billion dollar, Maxar Technologies, a leading space technology and solutions company. During one of their interviews, Lance told Jason about an exercise he’d done as a young, rising executive that had a profound impact on his career; he and the other attendees were instructed to spend an evening writing their own obituary. Learn how writing your obituary can be the first step toward building a plan that allows you to live the life you want to live.    

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Imagine having everyone who works with or for you aiming their arrows at the same target.

That can only happen with effective communication and that relies on being able to cascade information throughout the company.

Here are the 7 Steps that will insure the messaging you want everyone to have is cascaded properly.  

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In the past, I’ve bough a lot of Armani and Brioni suits to make sure I looked good on stage. A great designer label suit with fine Italian fabrics can easily cost $5,000.

Then, I heard about a company whose suits sell for $800 and in an evaluation test for the WSJ, a team of experts judged the $800 suit to be as good as a $5,000 Armani suit.

Hear the story of how Suitsupply is upending the menswear business. You’ll learn something you can us in your business.     

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As a researcher, author and teacher I’m able to gain access to lots of very accomplished business leaders. But, recently, I was privileged to see the best example of leadership in action I’ve ever witnessed. Listen and gain invaluable leadership insights into how great leaders lead.   

My observations:

1.Successful people and companies frequently start to take their success for granted. Of the original Fortune 500 from 1955 fewer than 10% remain; 450 died, got absorbed, went of business etc.  The average lifespan of a company in the S&P is less than 20 years versus 60 years back in the 1960’s.    

2.They overlook small things which will become tsunamis later

3.When the person steering the ship sees it drifting off course, immediate course correction is required

4.Most companies don’t realize that what got them to where they are, won’t get them to where they want to go. They believe they are the exception to the rule, and they aren’t.