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What About Sales? -Aug 07, 2018

Reading time – 32 seconds; Viewing time – 1:09 . . . Question: Is sales excellence a leadership issue? I don’t mean leading a sales team; I mean the actual sales meeting with a prospective new customer. Answer: It certainly is. The world is full of sales people with great Read More

News For You From Gallup -Apr 26, 2018

Reading time – 38 seconds . . . When people leave their jobs for another they routinely say they’re leaving for a better opportunity or better pay. While those conditions may exist, about 68% leave primarily because of a perceived conflict with an immediate superior. Have a look at my Read More

What Do You Do When “It” Happens? -Feb 20, 2018

Reading time – 39 seconds – plus a smidgen; Viewing time – 2:07 . . . I scored a fresh travel horror story recently, but this post isn’t about my lousy experience. It’s about how the airline first created it and then made things worse. Twenty-five minutes before departure the Read More

Barometer -May 11, 2017

Reading time – 1:33 seconds (oops); Viewing time – 2:38 . . . Recently a friend enthusiastically recommended a line of products to me, so I poked around the company’s website to learn more. There was a technical aspect to their products, so I looked for that kind of information, Read More

Generation Z -Mar 23, 2017

Reading time – 59 seconds; Viewing time – 2:36 – just a teeny bit longer . . . That’s right – Millennials (Gen Ys) are so yesterday. In a wonderful CNBC article by Dan Schwabel he pokes at the heart of Gen Zs, the leading edge of whom are just Read More

I Was Going To Say Something So Smart -Feb 24, 2017

Reading time – 23 seconds . . . Yes, I really had something special for you. Really insightful stuff that can rock your leadership world. And it will just have to wait for another day. My pal John Howman, TEC group chairman extraordinaire and crafty strategic consultant in Wisconsin, publishes Read More

What I Wish I Knew Back When I Thought I Knew – Chapter 1 -Nov 15, 2016

Reading time – 39 seconds; Viewing time – 1:55 . . . When I was growing up it was all about being smart and clever. He who is the fastest with the best answer wins. Truth be told, I was pretty good at that. I got lots of pats on Read More

Easy Refresher -Nov 02, 2016

Reading time – 27 seconds . . . FLASH Announcement . . . Grand Rapids, MI, WOOD Radio, 1300AM . . . Host George Satula of TEC-Midwest interviews Fully Alive Leadership’s Jack Altschuler on Sunday, November 6 at 11:00AM . . . —————————————— George and I had a lively discussion Read More

Advice from Mother Steele -Oct 25, 2016

Reading time – 39 seconds; Viewing time – 1:44 . . . Michael Steele is the former chairman of the Republican National Committee, former lieutenant governor of Maryland and insightful political pundit. He was interviewed recently on David Axelrod’s podcast, The Axe Files and offered some comments about leadership his Read More

Ya Wanna Piece O’ Me? -Aug 25, 2016

Jay Curry is an entrepreneur, a business coach and the co-host of the syndicated radio program, Texas Business Radio on KPRC, AM 950 in Houston, TX and in San Antonio. This is the go-to place for leaders to get their notions stretched, expand their thinking and get a solid grip Read More