There is nothing quite like a fine dining experience. You can expect the presentation and taste of your food to be perfect, service will be impeccable, and your server’s highest […]

The Value of Saying No I admit it. I fell for the “say yes to everything” business practice trap. For most of my career, I was convinced that saying yes […]

Some of the best conflict resolution advice I ever received came from a contractor friend. He told me, “Spend three times the effort understanding the other person’s position as you […]

I have received tremendous feedback from an article I wrote a few years ago about my corporate polices, so I decided to provide an update for my readers. It may […]

“Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending that we are […]

In my toast at my youngest daughter Rachel’s wedding last year, I revealed to her that she is one of my role models. I was proud to tell her that […]

Successful people are not people without problems. They are simply people who have learned how to solve problems. That is especially true when you are trying to grow sales at […]

Apart from a few lean years, we have had a fantastic 37 year run in the construction business. I would like to say that we have long since moved away […]

I have done some stupid things in my life. Take the time my buddy and I hailed a cab after a football game in Cleveland. As the taxi driver pulled […]