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The Greatest Interview Questions, Ever.

I’m about to give you one of the greatest interview questions you can ever ask. With one simple query, you can glean insight into the candidate’s personality, values, tastes, background, decision-making ability, and so much more. Almost instantly,...

Recruiting…If You Build It Great, They Will Come

Any time I do keynote speaking events in a city that isn’t New York or London, a lot of leaders complain to me that their metro area lacks top-tier talent for recruiting. This always makes me laugh. “There is plenty of talent out there,” I say,...

Why You Need to Visualize Your Company’s Future

Why is visualizing your company’s future so important? It’s just images in your head. It can’t do anything, right? That’s where you’re wrong. If you watched any of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, you may have seen the American...

Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill

Are you a COO? Guess what? The old adage of, ‘hire for attitude, train for skill’ doesn’t work anymore. As COO, we still sometimes fail to understand that a good attitude can’t overcome a lack of skills, and when you’re growing at 100% revenue...

My Favorite Business Books for Entrepreneurs

What books should I be reading? This is something I am asked time and time again by entrepreneurs (and people I am coaching). As a business coach/mentor, I always get asked by entrepreneurs around the world what my favorite business books are. I might as well put them...