by Chuck Kocher | Jan 18, 2016 | Key Ideas to Think On, Leadership, People and Teams
Successful leaders are always honing their leadership skills. After all, good leaders are responsible for good companies, right? It’s no wonder that books about improving leadership skills are so popular. A quick search on amazon.com for “business leadership” will...
by Chuck Kocher | Nov 30, 2015 | Coaching and Encouragement, Key Ideas to Think On, Leadership, Strategic Thinking
Many of the companies I work with spend a lot of time crafting their core values. That’s important, because it shapes the very character of your company. Many spend equal amounts of effort defining and fine-tuning their unique value propositions. You’ve probably gone...
by Chuck Kocher | Nov 23, 2015 | Coaching and Encouragement, Key Ideas to Think On, Leadership
In years where there are political campaigns going on we tend to hear a lot about core values. Candidates tout them all the time in an effort to convince supporters and those who are undecided that they are worthy of trust. Day in and day out, businesses operate on...
by Chuck Kocher | Nov 16, 2015 | Business Growth, Great Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Strategy
Last month there was a popular Halloween joke costume for adults staying at home. People claimed they were going to wear a simple white tee shirt with LIFE printed on it and hand out lemons to trick-or-treaters. When life hands your business lemons, however, it’s no...
by Chuck Kocher | Oct 5, 2015 | Business Growth, Great Reads, Leadership, People and Teams
We’ve all seen the movie scene in which the cheesy (and not particularly gifted) actor dramatically asks the director: “What’s my motivation?” It’s kind of pathetically funny, because as the audience, we know that motivation isn’t the real problem. In corporate...
by Chuck Kocher | Sep 28, 2015 | Coaching and Encouragement, Execution and Productivity, Leadership, Planning, Strategy
Every time you turn around these days, there’s another new gadget on the market that someone is convinced you can’t live without. Apparently, when Apple trademarked the phrase: “There’s an app for that” they were serious (By the way, if you want a reminder of how time...
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