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Send us Fan Mail Group brainstorming sessions are usually the birthplace of a spark of an idea that turns into something big. Whether you’re discussing the next roll out with colleagues or deciding what to name the new family puppy while trying not to shut down the name “cupcake”. While brainstorming, the first wave of responses are often narrow and incomplete. It takes time, and the group needs c...

Send us Fan Mail This week’s podcast is about investing in you. This requires you to get to know who you are. In a time of uncertainty, there is a substantial advantage to truly understanding yourself. The exercise below and the lessons in this podcast will help you develop your compass for your life map. To begin this necessary work, try the exercise I’ve outlined below. Alan discusses this exerc...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Summer 2021, many have money to spend, time in their vacation banks and freedom to explore. If you're like me, and like many, taking time off has created genuine stomach churning angst. Thoughts like “I might miss something”, “I might look like I don’t care about my team or my company” can run wild. Our perspectives, around remaining safe as family and as businesse...

Send us Fan Mail When I meet with successful leaders, I am drawn to their stories. How did they get where they are? What lessons have they learned along the way? What can they teach me and my audience? I recently completed a podcast episode with my close friend, Michelle Taylor. Michelle is industrious, smart, strategic, driven by the notion of always bettering herself as a leader and improving th...

Send us Fan Mail Close your eyes and imagine what life would be like if you woke up each day and lived life as if you had no limits? As if closing the between where you are and where you want to be was well within your reach. The system of life keeps us “on the rails”. As we get older, we learn rules and expectations that keep us safe while we move through life's milestones. While these rules...

Send us Fan Mail For this week’s podcast, I sat down with a long-time friend and consistent source of inspiration for me: Joe Clancy, owner of ST Publishing. In this podcast, Joe shares many lessons applicable for life and business. I’m confident you’ll find nuggets of wisdom that you can apply to your life today.  It goes without saying that Joe is passionate about writing and regularly provides...

Send us Fan Mail Successful leaders know that one thing is at the core of every successful business: a strong culture. When done right, culture has the potential to be a key competitive advantage. When employees are empowered and encouraged by their company’s culture, they can move faster, solve more problems, and become more engaged in the broader goals of the organization.  These employees see h...

Send us Fan Mail In a world of self-service portals and customer service lines that proudly announce “that your call is important to us. There are just 48 callers in front of you, and your wait time 1 hour and 6 minutes” there has to be another way.  You know real service when you see it. But how can leaders deliver it and build it into their business?    Business owners and employees are all look...

Send us Fan Mail If we all wrote a letter to our boss and shared how we view their leadership, how would that work out?   Could they handle the truth? If you’re a leader, could you? Many leaders have earned their stripes through time and tenure.  The title, power, corner office and “control” are prized commodities.  But, what if true leadership comes from letting go of the reigns instead of reigni...

Send us Fan Mail Want to receive weekly insights / tips / thoughts to ponder? Join the Outside Insights community! I am a firm believer that contrarian thinking often creates positive outcomes.  That going against the grain and the opposite direction of the crowd is ok, and oftentimes, how one can find the right answer, direction, or philosophy for living. First off, its crowded going with the mas...

Send us Fan Mail We all have a gap in our life that we are working to close personally and perhaps professionally.  In fact, Outside Insights is dedicated to helping people understand and do the work necessary to achieve the life that they’ve been yearning for. The biggest hesitation I hear from people who want more out of life is that there are simply not enough hours in the day. We are time star...