One of the secrets of successful people is that they surround themselves with great people, but more specifically a great team, but even more specifically selected few individual(s) who act as their sounding board. These are the people who help them with strategy, tactics, the how, when and with whom. Do you really think Tiger…

The first thing you get taught in business school is that the business environment is always changing. The main shock came when we were told that our business degree will be obsolete 18 months after completing it. The idea of the degree is to teach us to be comfortable with change, not to only adjust…

If you tell me about service and quality and customer focus, you haven't answered the question, because a hundred other brands stand for that. If you are what others are, then there's nothing here to own or protect or build upon. Compared to what? Compared to all those that you compete with for attention, for…

1. I do it – don’t try to teach people something you can’t do (don’t transform what you don’t have) 2. I do it and you are with me 3. You do it and I’m with you 4. You do it (alone) 5. You do it (and someone is with you) Afterall the function of…

I have always been fascinated by leaders and how they express themselves. Great leaders are great listeners but they are also articulate. Like a duck that looks calmer on the surface but paddle frantically below in the water, great leaders tend to look and talk slower but are faster thinkers. Nelson Mandela takes his time…

More often we talk about passion as very important for entrepreneurs to keep working hard and persistently on their businesses. When the going gets tough we tend to believe that passion will keep you going. The fact of the matter is that passion is important but it is not the only main ingredient. Think about…

The following are the reasons why you are afraid to delegate. You prefer that you do it yourself. Unfortunately these are also the same reasons your business will struggle to grow: No one can do it better than I do You strongly believe that you are the only one who knows what needs to happen,…

It might be that low prices are the final refuge of an entrepreneur who has run out of ideas and is left with nothing but a commodity. Most entrepreneurs who are not willing to work on their value proposition, lazy to come up with an innovative and appealing business model tend to use lower prices…

When we teach a child to make good decisions, we benefit from a lifetime of good decisions. When we teach a child to love to learn, the amount of learning will become limitless. When we teach a child to deal with a changing world, she will never become obsolete. When we are brave enough to…