by Scott Anderson | Jul 17, 2015 | Coaching, Playing Big
Maybe you’ve only recently heard about this coaching thing. Many Fortune 500 companies have been hiring executive coaches to work with their leadership teams for decades. Today, we seem to have entered a cultural moment where self-actualization has become a higher...
by Scott Anderson | Jul 15, 2015 | Coaching, Personal Enrichment, Workplace Issues
Look in front of you. The array of digital tools at our disposal has radically changed the way we work and live our daily lives. These tools have presented a lot of benefits but those benefits come packaged with some real challenges as well. A recent HBR article...
by Scott Anderson | Jul 10, 2015 | Coaching, Essential Reading, Personal Enrichment, Playing Big
When you say you’re from Omaha (as I am), the first thing that usually comes to people’s minds is Warren Buffett. The “Oracle of Omaha” is one of the best-known businessmen and most successful investors ever. A friend recently sent me a blog post with a great story of...
by Scott Anderson | Jul 8, 2015 | Coaching, Personal Enrichment, Workplace Issues
There are mountains of advice on the Internet and in books about how to live a more fulfilling, productive life. Some are mere feel-good platitudes while some are rooted in concrete action aimed at helping you permanently change your habits. Though every piece of...
by Scott Anderson | Jul 6, 2015 | Coaching, Essential Reading
Many companies, especially younger ones, spend too much time and energy trying to make themselves look good for their potential clients instead of assessing the viability of the potential partnership. Today I want to share some follow up thoughts to the blog I...
by Scott Anderson | Jul 1, 2015 | Coaching, Essential Reading
I learned the hard way that the only thing worse than no clients is bad clients: clients who don’t share your values, don’t understand or care about your value proposition, and (usually) don’t have a real budget. At least when you have no customers, you can try to...
by Scott Anderson | Jun 26, 2015 | Coaching, Personal Enrichment
Welcome to the final post in my series on kaizen. If you haven’t read the previous posts, go back and read them here and here. In this blog I will outline some common situations in our personal lives and how we can use the principles of kaizen to deal with them. Ask...
by Scott Anderson | Jun 24, 2015 | Coaching, Essential Reading, Personal Enrichment
This is the second in a series of three blogs on kaizen, the philosophy that helps you implement big changes in very small increments. If you missed my introduction to the topic, read it here. It is an amazing way of thinking that produces results in all areas of...
by Scott Anderson | Jun 22, 2015 | Coaching, Personal Enrichment, Playing Big
Change is hard. It’s one of those statements that is so thoroughly true it’s almost embarrassing to point out or even discuss. But why is it so hard? Deep down we are hardwired to resist change for our own perceived safety. We fear change in the deepest, most...
by Scott Anderson | Jun 17, 2015 | Essential Reading, Pop Culture, Workplace Issues
Do you feel the need to “break out of the box?” Are you seeking more creative inspiration at work? Take Richard Branson’s advice and lose the tie. This blog post, originally published by Richard Branson on LinkedIn, appeared in my inbox recently and...
