“Just do it.” “Take no prisoners.” There are many different leadership styles; these are just two examples. Two pretty hard-core examples. They all produce results in the short term. The question is: how do they work in the long run? We’ve all had bosses who led using one of these ancient tenets of leadership. Did [...]
What is the definition of hell? Working with your spouse when it’s not working. That’s my opening line of my post for Michael Van Osh’s blog Thinktank: Men. Michael asked that I write a post on how to succeed working with your spouse because he knew I work with many men who have their wife [...]
Guest post by Michael Van Osch from thinktankmen.com Interesting conversation with a man in the financial services field recently. I asked him how his life was going and his reply was, “If I could just get some work-life balance, then I think I could be happy.” Hmm. Well you can’t say that to a coach and [...]
Here is a guest post from my colleague Michael Van Osch. He is right on about what running a business can do for you. Even none men without a business will receive benefit from his suggestions. As men who continually want to become better, most of us search out knowledge and experiences that enable us [...]
What are you willing to risk to make a difference? Are you willing to be different to lead change? I wrote a post on think tank: men – Want To Make A Difference? Be Different about the power of being different. Learn how your uniqueness, quirks and even ‘issues’ can work for you.
How do you know if you need a men’s group? Answer this question: Who do you call when you’re in trouble? This question comes from my friend Ken Solin, who has been leading men’s groups in the Marin County area for 20 years. Ken, a former business owner and motorcycle rider, is no touchy-feely “New [...]
As men and women, we can struggle with relationships. Emily V. Gordon wrote an excellent post on Did You Know, Deep Down, That You’d Get Divorced One Day? She lays out some good questions to ask about marriage. I would add for any relationship, even a business relationship. Here are my takeaways. Take time by [...]
If you make over $150,000 you can watch Discovery Communication’s new channel, Velocity. The New York Times wrote an article on how Discover is creating an “upscale men’s lifestyle network” with high end advertisers. Of the 118 million men ages 15 and older in the United States, about four million are identified by the government [...]
