Productivity Archives

I Dare You to Do This…

I dare you. Today. Write down the TOP 1 thing that you NEED to get done. Then do it. Now. Get off of Facebook. Get off Twitter & LinkedIn & Pinterest. Stop replying to random emails. You’ll never get everything on your list done. However, IF you write...

Onboarding A New COO: Part 2 – The Ripple Effect

If you’ve been following along on our blog, you’ll remember my last post, where I talked about step one of onboarding a new COO. As I said in Part 1 – Resist The Urge To Let Them Do Their Job, it is essential that you immerse your new COO in the...

Onboarding A New COO: Part 1 – Resist Letting Them Do Their Job

We all know that recruiting and hiring the perfect COO for your company is not an easy task. It takes a lot of hard work, research, planning, and time. But once all of that is done, and you’ve hired the perfect person – then what? One of the things that I...

Tips for COOs – #1 The Skip Level Meeting

A skip-level meeting is when a COO skips over one of their direct reports, like a VP of marketing, to meet with their marketing team. The reason for the skip level meeting is to gain insights from that team and be able to talk to them without the leader present. It is...

It’s My Future (And I’ll Dream Big If I Want To)

What do you see in your future? I’ve looked into my future, and I like what I see. No, I didn’t go see an old gypsy woman or sift through any tea leaves. I just chilled out in my hammock, closed my eyes and visualized where I was going to be professionally...