I was recently interviewed by Greg Bach, Content Editor for the National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS). We had a good discussion about youth sports and coaching in general. We talked at length about some of the points discussed in my latest book, Coaching is Teaching at its Best! and he followed up with a […]
Click here to read the entire articleIt’s time to Be Brave – PRAY
If you’ve read any of my more recent blogs, you’ve heard some of this. Yale University offers a course on “Finding Happiness” and over 1,200 students register for the course making it the most popular course ever offered at the prestigious university. A recent study in Indiana claims that 1 in 5, that’s 20% of […]
Click here to read the entire articleHarold Boughton awarded 2019 Special Achievement Alumni Award by Ashland University
The Ashland University Alumni Board of Directors (Ashland, OH) has announced that Harold “Bud” Boughton will be the recipient of its 2019 Special Achievement Alumni Award. This award is given annually to an alumnus/alumna who has proven leadership abilities, excelled in his or her chosen field and has given faithful service to Ashland University and […]
Click here to read the entire articleHope is not a strategy, It’s More Than That!
Almost two decades ago a book came out entitled Hope is Not a Strategy – The 6 Keys to Winning the Complex Sale by Rick Page. Having been a sales professional for the majority of my career, I would have to agree with Mr. Page – hope is not a strategy when it comes to […]
Click here to read the entire articleThe Lost Art of Storytelling and the Need to Revive it
It has all changed. In the past it was the salesperson who introduced a company and its products to the potential buyer. Now, before the salesperson even knows the prospect exists, the potential buyer is researching solutions on the Internet. What was once a “sales process” has become much more of a buying process and […]
Click here to read the entire articleFinding Happiness-What’s so hard about it?
Finding your happiness is not that hard, it’s just that we have been looking for it in all the wrong places.
Click here to read the entire articleDisruptive innovation-Is it right for your company?
I’m not sure when I first heard it, but the quote stuck with me – “What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.” So, when you read articles and hear people talking about something called disruptive innovation, how do you know whether or not it’s right for your […]
Click here to read the entire articleLove Thy Opponent
Love thy opponent? Are you kidding me? I know, it sounds crazy! In the heat of battle I don’t think anyone can really bring themselves to think this way, and yet, it can happen; it does happen. So, what am I talking about? Well, let me tell you a story. Story Time I was once sitting around […]
Click here to read the entire articlePlay Like It’s the Stanley Cup
When I first heard these words I was all of 11 years-old. I was playing youth hockey and it was my first year playing. Back then (1962) we played on outside rinks in Kenmore, NY, a suburb of Buffalo. The temperature often hovered in the single digits at our games and when it would snow […]
Click here to read the entire articleLeadership 2.0–It Isn’t What You Think It Is
We’ve all read them. Books, articles and blogs on leadership, all espousing what it really takes to be a leader in today’s hectic, fast-paced world. In these challenging times of non-stop innovation and advancing technology, however, the articles I read on leadership seem much the same. Each is filled with many of the same adjectives and characteristics that we […]
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