How Being Comfortable With Weaknesses Builds Functional Leadership Teams “What was your most embarrassing moment in life?” “What did you want to be when you grow up and why?” These seem like unlikely questions to hear at a leadership meeting. But they might be the just the type of questions you want to ask…
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Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars – Mavidea bookshelf
I’m a sucker for a fable. I attest this to the fact that my dad, a preacher with a strong streak of Southern in him, told stories all my life. Patrick Lencioni, author of Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars, weaves modern fables to distill his business principles for success. He has a series of books…
Maybe LeBron James isn’t So Bad After All…
Of the NBA, the Media Circus, Role Models and Redemption In 2010, many sports fans became captivated at the media circus that became LeBron James’ free agency decision on which team he would play basketball the next year. As a sports fan myself, and someone who’s always been curious about the business side of sports,…
Trust Begins with Leadership
The Necessity of Creating a Great Culture from the Top Down We’ve been in high gear, here at Mavidea, planning for an event that happened on June 26. It was co-branded with Shoop Training and Consulting on the topic, Connection, Conflict and Culture. I led the culture discussion. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about…
Drip Drip Drip….Five Rules to Drip Marketing
In many industries, including mine, the marketing geniuses teach that prospective clients must see your brand/name over 7+ times before they remember who you are and this number keeps going up! We are bombarded with so much content and advertising on a daily basis that as a population we have gotten very good at tuning…
