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Attention, sales warriors! 🎙️ Too many salespeople are pouring all their time and energy into generating conversations and hoping things work out…
Attention, sales warriors! 🎙️ Too many salespeople are pouring all their time and energy into generating conversations and hoping things work out…
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Attention, sales battalion! 📚 It’s the end of the week, and that means it’s time to debrief! This week, pick one area you know you want to improve…
Attention, sales battalion! 📚 It’s the end of the week, and that means it’s time to debrief! This week, pick one area you know you want to improve…
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Publications
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Tips for getting the most out of your marketing – from a $100 million brand
The Business Journals
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The Word Warriors Love To Use
Warrior @ Work
There's one word high performers love to use more than any other, and it's probably not what you think. Begin using it this week after Warrior @ Work's newest episode!
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A billion-dollar salesman's 3 secrets to getting a meeting with anyone
The Business Journals
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Developing Warrior Accountability On Your Team
Warrior @ Work
Accountability is one of the most-used elements of high performing teams. Amp yours up in 10 minutes with this week's Warrior @ Work podcast!
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Building Trust Among Your Teams
Warrior @ Work
Trust is a hot topic for any leader - so how do we ask our folks to trust us when they may not even trust themselves? Find out on this week's 10-minute Warrior @ Work podcast! -
What gun-control protests teach business owners about taking a stand without losing customers
The Business Journals
With all the protests happening, businesses are wondering how to take a stand without losing customers. Find out how in this week's nationally-syndicated column with The Business Journals -
How Warriors Survive The Wilderness Of Business
Warrior @ Work
If you ever become lost in the wilderness of business, you'll want to know what to do to find your way out. This week's 10-minute Warrior@ Work is up!
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The Excuses That Cost Customers
Warrior @ Work
Your people may be making excuses that cost you customers. Find out what they are and how to prevent them in this week's 10-minute Warrior @ Work podcast! -
Making Employee Engagement A Reality
Warrior @ Work
Engagement is an overused term - what it means to performance is another issue. Find out why in this week's Warrior @ Work!
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Lessons from nonprofits that increase revenue
LinkedIn
What makes nonprofits successful can be used to increase your revenue, if you increase the impact you have on your customers.
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How Warriors Stretch Their Stretch Goals
Warrior @ Work
If you (or your team) is struggling with their stretch goals, take a moment to learn how warrior stretch even their stretch goals. This week's 10-minute Warrior @ Work is up!
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The slippery slope of deadlines — and how to get a grip
The Business Journals
If you (or your team) is struggling with deadlines, some quick tips to get them back on track. Latest from the nationally-syndicated column with The Business Journals
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Setting Your New Warriors Up For Success
Warrior @ Work
As I travel the country and the world speaking to business leaders, I hear complaints about how long it takes to get new employees integrated into their companies. Sometimes, it can take up to a year and a half for an employee to learn the ropes and fire on all eight cylinders. It doesn’t have to.
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Redesigning Your Customer Experience
Warrior @ Work
How long has it been since you've reviewed your customers' experience with your organization? Check out this week's 10-minute Warrior @ Work to get spun up!
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The best way to prepare future leaders: Don’t
The Business Journals
If you're thinking about preparing your junior leaders to step up, you might need to take a step back. Find out why in this week's nationally-syndicated column with The Business Journals
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How Warriors Hack Performance Goals
Warrior @ Work
If you're looking at goals how you always have, you'll get the results you always did. Take the ten minutes this week and see them in a new way - this week's Warrior @ Work is up!
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Why managers make terrible mentors — and how to fix it
The Business Journals
If you've ever wondered why you weren't advancing, take a look at who you've chosen for your mentor. The latest in my nationally-syndicated column with The Business Journals
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How Performers Stand Out In A Crowd
Warrior @ Work
If you're struggling to stand out in a crowd - whether it's your market, industry, or team - you'll want to take ten minutes and listen to exactly how it's done. This week's Warrior @ Work podcast is up!
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What great job candidates are doing to get hired and promoted
The Business Journals
According to Tony Hsieh, there's a $100 million-dollar mistake companies are making every day. Save yourself the time and money of a bad hire with this week's nationally-syndicated column at The Business Journals
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Prioritizing When Everything’s Important
Warrior @ Work
Warriors, whether they are on the battlefield or running an organization, have a unique way of prioritizing when everything they do is important. How do we juggle everything and make sure it is all accomplished?
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Transition Team Members Without Sacrificing Performance
Warrior @ Work
Preparing for transition, and on-boarding people quickly, is not as complicated as people make it out to be. In fact, if you take the time to prepare for it, it can actually increase performance.
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Why great solutions rarely produce results
The Business Journals
If you've ever asked someone in your office to do something and wondered why it never gets done, you'll want to check out what @Thebizjournals just released. Might solve the problem forever.
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The Warrior's System For Communicating Effectively
Warrior @ Work
Communication is a skill that can always improve. Start 2018 off right with this week's 10-minute Warrior A Work podcast - focused on communicating like a warrior!
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The dollars leaders leave on the table — and how to reclaim them
The Business Journals
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Dealing With Career-Ending Mistakes
Warrior @ Work
Eventually, a mistake will be made. What matters is what you do about it. Learn how teams deal with mistakes in stressful environments in this week's 10-minute Warrior @ Work podcast!
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How To Lead Remote Teams That Get Results
Warrior @ Work
If you're not already leading remote employees or teams, you will be soon. Find out how the best get it done with this week's 10-minute Warrior @ Work podcast! -
How to stop the small mistakes that are slowly killing your company
The Business Journals
It's the small mistakes that slip by - and add up to big problems. Learn how to avoid them in this week's nationally-syndicated column with The Business Journals
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How to tell if you're a leader or a manager
The Business Journals
Leaders and managers have different roles in an organization. Which are you?
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3 secrets to creating accountable employees
The Business Journals
The secrets to making employees WANT to be accountable
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The Reason Warriors Embrace Failure
Warrior @ Work
Warriors at work always embrace failure instead of running from it.
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Why Warriors Plan To Fail
Warrior @ Work
Warriors who don't plan to fail are failing to plan. Find out more in this week's 10-minute episode!
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How to build a bridge from passion to performance
The Business Journals
Performance and passion aren't mutually exclusive. Here's how to build a bridge between them.
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3 excuses that cost you clients (and how to eliminate them)
The Business Journals
If you've ever lost a client, it's worth finding out what excuses drove them away. The latest in our nationally-syndicated column at The Business Journals
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How Warriors At Work Command Attention
Warrior @ Work
The best command attention wherever they go. In this week's 10-minute podcast episode, I explain how.
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3 ways brilliant leaders are great accountants
The Business Journals
You may hate math, but if you want to be a great leader you'd better be a great accountant. Latest in the nationally-syndicated column featured in The Business Journals
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Why Warriors Need Silos
Warrior @ Work
If your organization has done away with silos, you may want to rethink the choice. Performance depends on silos being used the right way. Latest 10-minute edition of Warrior At Work is live!
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5 ways to stop re-inventing the wheel in business
The Business Journals
Too many try to re-invent the wheel. Put a stop to it today!
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How to eliminate the walking dead (at work)
The Business Journals
You don’t have to let your organization freeze because of the walking dead (at work). Fire them up with purpose, ownership and urgency to spark lively results in performance.
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How Warriors Unlock Innovation
Warrior @ Work
Innovation isn’t always about that breakthrough product or service that revolutionizes the marketplace. Mostly, innovation is about continuously improving the way you do business so you can capitalize on changes in your environment. Do that enough times and to an outsider, it looks like you’ve accomplished something magical.
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3 ways to make millennials (or anyone) feel at home
The Business Journals
Want to make millennials (or anyone) feel at home in your company? Find out how!
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People Don't Drive Performance
Itunes
Warriors don't just define objectives that are precise and profitable but also line up the resources their folks will need ahead of time, setting them up for success. Your experienced people may know where everything they need is but your junior folks don’t, and the minute you ask those experiences folks to stretch further than they ever have there’s a big chance of failure. If people don't drive performance, then what does?
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3 ways to make every client feel like they're the only one
The Business Journals
When customers feel like they’re your priority, they’ll make doing business with you a priority too.
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Turning Strategies Into Results
Itunes
James Mattis, the secretary of defense, (Or when I knew him, General Mattis) said that leaders should plan by understanding the situation their unit is in, where it’s been and where it’s going. Teams that do that are successful 98%-100% of the time. Imagine what that would do for your organization - to know that your strategy would be successful between 98 and 100 percent of the time?
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3 reasons not to ask job candidates this question
The Business Journals
Improving performance comes from knowing what questions to NOT ask.
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Three ways to avoid making the same mistake twice
The Business Journals
A lesson in organizational development from the snow monkeys of Japan.
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Warrior At Work: No Plan Survives Contact With The Enemy
Itunes
In my work studying high performing organizations, the Department Of Defense sent me out to study combat units, and these folks had massive to-do lists. If they went out on a patrol and just worked from a checklist, they’d never be able to pivot when change occurred. Before they went out on every patrol, their leaders let them know what their priorities were and what success looked like so if they needed to change their route they’d know where they were supposed to finish. Wouldn’t it be…
In my work studying high performing organizations, the Department Of Defense sent me out to study combat units, and these folks had massive to-do lists. If they went out on a patrol and just worked from a checklist, they’d never be able to pivot when change occurred. Before they went out on every patrol, their leaders let them know what their priorities were and what success looked like so if they needed to change their route they’d know where they were supposed to finish. Wouldn’t it be valuable for your teams to be able to respond to last-minute changes and still get you the result you need on time and at a high quality?
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How to stand out in a crowd
The Business Journals
Standing out in a crowd is easier than you might think.
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5 ways to prioritize when everything's important
The Business Journals
When everything's important, nothing is.
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How to prepare for the Silver Tsunami
The Business Journals
The Silver Tsunami doesn’t have to wipe you out.
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Today's Leaders Should Tell Their Employees: Find A New Job
The Business Journals
Get a new job, or you'e fired!
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5 ways to prepare for your next presentation
The Business Journals
A presentation's success is determined before the first person enters the room. Find out why!
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How to deal with a career-ending mistake
The Business Journals
Mistakes can hurt, but their effects don't have to be permanent.
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What to do when great isn't good enough
The Business Journals
Great isn't good enough anymore. Here's how to consistently raise the bar.
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What to do when your leaders are wrong
The Business Journals
Even leaders can be wrong, here's how to deal with it while maintaining their respect.
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4 Keys To Leading Remote Teams
The Business Journals
Whether your team is around the corner or around the world, leading them doesn't have to be a challenge anymore.
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The secret to finding good talent
The Business Journals
Finding and keeping good talent has more to do with your organization than it does with the talent pool.
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How To Run A Meeting Like The Secretary Of Defense
The Business Journals
Most meetings are a waste of time, but they don't have to be!
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How To Leverage The Laws Of Thermodynamics To Manage People
How To Leverage The Laws Of Thermodynamics To Manage People
Managing people can be a science. Learn how in this article.
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4 keys to growing your revenue to the billion-dollar mark, from someone who's done it
The Business Journals
Growing a company to a billion dollars in revenue isn't an impossible goal ... because the secret isn't a secret anymore.
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Steps To Make Training More Effective
The Business Journals
Most training programs are a waste of time and money. In this article, I explain why.
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Why peak performance often sabotages success
The Business Journals
Success is often determined by what you're NOT doing.
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3 steps to take when advice stops working
The Business Journals
What to do when the quality of your work passes proficiency and others' advice. Ho do you continue to progress?
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The secret to hitting moving targets
The Business Journals
Moving goals are the hardest to hit, but the most rewarding to accomplish.
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5 ways to eliminate errors that wreck your results
The Business Journals
Use these five steps in your organization to ensure your profits make it to the bank.
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If you want to win, plan to fail
The Business Journals
Fail quickly, fail often. It's the key the success.
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How to get employees moving in the same direction
The Business Journals
Alignment isn’t an impossible goal, but it starts with getting your folks moving in the same direction.
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When customers attack: How to use irate customers to improve business
The Business Journals
Irate customers can be a gift — if we handle them with care.
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How to command attention, no matter your position or experience
The Business Journals
Commanding attention isn’t difficult if you put the focus on others instead of yourself.
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5 ways tearing down silos tears down profits
The Business Journals
Silos may be a thing of the past, but if you’re going to eliminate them, make sure you’re replacing them with something even better.
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3 ways you can quickly improve your bottom line
The Business Journals
The best ideas don’t come from the boardroom but from where you have boots on the ground.
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5 Business Lessons From Marine Corps Snipers
The Business Journals
To continue to perform at a high level and support your teammates, keep doing what made you successful in the first place.
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5 Ways To Unlock Innovation While Maintaining Standards
The Business Journals
It’s how the military stays a step ahead of their competition, and how you can out-innovate yours.
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Why Great Plans Often Produce Horrible Results
The Business Journals
Take the time to examine last year’s plans to ensure your future plans become a reality.
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3 ways to avoid (and turn around) a culture of underperformance
The Business Journals
Raise the bar on how what you communicate, and you’ll see an increase in how you perform.
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People Don't Drive Performance (But They Should)
The Business Journals
All the education and talent in the world won’t help a marksman aiming at the wrong target.
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How To Turn Strategies Into Results
The Business Journals
Forget your current job title. To be successful, you’ll have to pin stars on your shoulders.
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How To Survive (And Thrive) From Constant Consolidation
The Business Journals
Consolidation can be an opportunity to examine what processes are worth transferring, tap into the experience of your employees and examining how to continue to improve the way you do business.
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The Problem That's Killing Companies
The Business Journals
If your goals are slogans on a wall or words in a binder that aren’t acted on, that’s where they'll stay. On the wall and out of the bank.
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Interview With Shawn Rhodes
Stanley Bronstein, SuperChangeYourLife
This interview goes into my personal story, my message and my business journey.
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'Fear of the unknown': US medic recalls Kiwi rescue
Stuff.Co New Zealand
This article was adapted from a release I wrote about an Air Force medic in Afghanistan treating international coalition troops.
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Through Hell And High Water
United States Air Force
This story about a Cuban immigrant who underwent an odyssey to gain his citizenship, was awarded best feature story for all Air Force Reserve correspondents.
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Fighting The Insurgency At The Jersey Shore
NBC
This article features one of the photo stories I did on previously-classified technology.
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Marine Sniper In Iraq
Wikimedia/Wikipedia
My photo of a Marine Corps sniper was chosen as a lead image for this Wikimedia entry
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Into the Unknown in Iraq
TIME.com
My photo from a firefight in Iraq was featured as the leading image for this TIME article.
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How Thinking Like a Marine Can Help You Succeed in Business
INC
Four tips from the battlefield that can help any leader boost their company's effectiveness.
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How To Keep Good Plans From Going Bad
The Business Journals
Good plans don't have to go bad. If you establish clear accountabilities with completion dates and clear deliverables, your train will stay on the tracks all the way to the station.
Honors & Awards
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Winner, District 48 World Speaking Competition
Toastmasters International
This award placed me into the top .03% of public speakers in the world.
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Best Series of 2014
United States Air Force Reserve
This award was presented for outstanding messaging for the Air Force mission, having written the best series of the year in 2012.
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Excellence For Combat Reporting
United States Marine Corps
Awarded for excellence in combat reporting from the front lines of Iraq.
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National Speaker's Association
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Attention, sales battalion! 📚 It’s the end of the week, and that means it’s time to debrief! There is improvement to be made in every one of our…
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