When employees are not motivated, not trained well, exhausted, or not empowered to think as if they were owners, the result is wasted profit, revenue, opportunities, and lost competitive advantage.

Only about 5% of business people have written goals and a plan for achieving them, even though the most successful business people are conscious, intentional goal-setters! Learn why goals are so important and how you can benefit from making them a habit in your business.

Thinking critically about risk and developing a comprehensive plan is one of the most important things an executive can do for their company, but many companies treat the creation of a risk management plan as a check-the-box exercise. Worse, many companies develop a plan and don't execute it.

Some of the most successful hires have been the result of administering specific assessments and multiple interviews. Candidates should expect to meet several members of the team in different environments.

The biggest culprit of lost productivity is uncertainty. People simply need to know where the organization is going and how it's going to get there. When you answer these two questions and, more importantly, when you communicate your objectives continuously throughout the organization, you will witness employees overcome what once seemed to be insurmountable obstacles.

Use these three rules to determine what is most important to you professionally and personally. Decide how you want to live. Life and business opportunities are just too exciting to miss.

What is the value of having a clear, concise vision of what your business could become ten or fifteen years out, along with a plan that clarifies not only what the business will look like but what resources will be needed to achieve it?‍

When you promote, test for confidence and not just know-how or experience. A confident person will help the organization achieve its goals on a regular and consistent basis.

Many organizations go through the motions of establishing engagement cultures and oftentimes go no farther. Pushing engagement forward takes awareness, understanding, and skill development of essential engagement tools. It also requires leadership, commitment, and patience as the engagement culture slowly emerges into the workplace.

While the specific circumstances may change from company to company or organization to organization, they are looking for ways to get their front-line people willing and able to help achieve the firm's desired results and keep things moving forward.