by Kevin Brimhall | Sep 27, 2017 | Book Summaries, Organizational Excellence
A Business Fable About Shedding the Three Fears that Sabotage Client Loyalty Let’s first address the obvious: this book has an eye-catching and even provocative title. However, what Lencioni is referring to as “getting naked” is the willingness to be...
by Kevin Brimhall | Oct 27, 2016 | Sales / Growth
Why do we often talk more than we should? When other people talk too much, we notice immediately. When we talk too much, everyone else notices except us. Here are a few possible explanations: 1. Anxiety. People who are anxious use an avalanche of words to...
by Kevin Brimhall | May 24, 2014 | Personal Improvement
In follow-up to Part 1: Why Businesses Fail Dr. Paul Nutt of Ohio State University conducted more than two decades of research, with hundreds of organizations, on why business decisions go awry. He discovered three key reasons why 50 percent of decisions fail: 1. More...
by Kevin Brimhall | May 13, 2014 | Personal Improvement
“Ego is the invisible line item on every company’s profit and loss statement.” – David Marcum and Steven Smith in egonomics: What Makes Ego Our Greatest Asset (or Most Expensive Liability), Fireside, 2007 Fifty-three percent of businesspeople...