I know this blog post is going to get some electronic tomatoes thrown in my direction….. Meh… cue shoulder shrug. That said, here comes the first leadership truth: #1: You look bad when you chronically

What I have learned about an effective entourage is that they are not “followers” — They are actually the leaders that manage the CEO. Entourages aren’t just for divas, though I don’t mind people thinking

I hate being tackled. As the CEO, I am the default quarterback. I am scanning the field and planning my next step. I’m developing a strategy and then pivoting it at the last second to keep my team winning.

No, I’m not talking about color schemes and font styles. I’m talking about not tolerating bullshit. A “management brand” is the way you manage performance issues as a company. Every company has a brand,

We don’t stop when we are tired. We stop when we are done. I recently binge-watched all four seasons of Vikings on the History channel over the course of a week. I stayed up until 3am every night to do

We don’t stop when we are tired. We stop when we are done. I recently binge-watched all four seasons of Vikings on the History channel over the course of a week. I stayed up until 3am every night to do

We don’t stop when we are tired. We stop when we are done. I recently binge-watched all four seasons of Vikings on the History channel over the course of a week. I stayed up until 3am every night to do

We don’t stop when we are tired. We stop when we are done. I recently binge-watched all four seasons of Vikings on the History channel over the course of a week. I stayed up until 3am every night to do

If you are an entrepreneur like me, you might struggle with vacations. I am the person that gets sad on Fridays because I won’t be able to experience maximum work capacity until Monday again (nerd alert).

Competition raises the bar of service delivery to customers…AND services to employees. It is kind of a nice world in a job seeker’s market, eh? If you are the employer, it feels a bit like you are in a

When I started my first company I had no idea what unemployment insurance was. Nobody in my family had ever filed for unemployment as they had all owned their own businesses and it had never even crossed

Numbers don’t lie. Stop asking your team what problems they are experiencing and start instead focusing them on analyzing the numbers to TELL them what the problems are. To effectively track the health

My mother was an intense business owner — I learned from the best. I remember a rude customer that walked through her store, belittling all of her staff and fellow customers in front of her. When the customer

![0_1LX9va1J110q_wSt.jpg]( We are restructuring the way we think of “IT” at Sample Supports. We are building a team of innovators that want to be a part of defining our culture and HOW we work. I’ve learned

I recently experienced the first time that an employee had been hired, worked in a position for a significant amount of time and then left the company before I had the chance to meet them. An entire employment