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Kevin believes in collaboration and idea sharing to provide the most revolutionary and relevant content to business owners, leaders, and managers.
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CEO Seelig & Company
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Is Insecure Management Keeping Your Company Down?
Whenever the Olympics are happening, I’m reminded of Peter Ueberroth and the common perception that he saved the Olympics from dying. Although Peter played a key role, it was a young person on the USOC (United States Olympic Committee) who asked a pivotal question...
Why Have A Proven Process?
If you provide a proven service or deliver a proven product you have a proven process - it just might not be documented. I’ve had three careers and three businesses in my life and my success has all been due to following proven processes. I taught music in a public...
Three Ways To Ensure Your Feedback Means Something
This past weekend, we held our annual business owner’s retreat in Victoria, BC. Great people, weather, venue, and a fantastic time had by all. We brought in a truly unique individual, Michael Allosso from out east who, by the end of Saturday, left everyone in awe, and...
Right Person Long Seat
When I get in front of a hundred business owners and ask them to stand if they have a dedicated long time employee who needs to retire but won’t, I have a room full of people standing up.
The Enemy of Great is Good
This weekend as I headed out to golf, I asked myself “why?” I’ve been playing this game for just over 10 years, and very rarely do I shoot under 90. In most cases, it’s 94 to 99. But, it’s great exercise and a type of meditation. I understand why so many business...
Do Your Team Members Feel Valued?
I just took a day long workshop with Michael O. and we went over “PTS” which stands for positive, truthful, and specific. He made it clear to us that if you are a business owner or manager, it’s easy to forget the hard work and sacrifices your workers endure. Many of...
8 is Enough- Why We Overthink Measurable
While in Hawaii over Christmas, my son’s girlfriend was complaining that she didn’t know how to measure instructor performance at her yoga studio. I said, “it’s easy, every time a client is leaving your studio, ask them, "on a scale of 1-10 how was your overall...
Policies and rules are meant to be broken, but do your people know when?
When I’m working with companies, I come unglued when they show me their employee handbook or policy manual and its pages and pages of “rules”. “Policy” is a fancy word for “rule”. As with synonyms, if you want them to be effective, you must take great care in writing...
What is “dictate-dar”?
After working with leadership teams for a long time at EOS (the Entrepreneurial Operating System), we develop a keen sense of “dictate-dar” and we run for the hills when it shows up on the screen. What is “dictate-dar”? It’s short for dictator radar. When we do our...