Recently, HealthRise (the company I run today) did an all-company retreat at Timber Ridge Ranch in Northern Michigan. Throughout my career, I have attended or led more retreats than I can count. Each retreat has its own power, its own purpose: but there is one common ingredient that makes a retreat, a family vacation, or […]

Have you ever gone into a meeting or presentation feeling totally prepared, rehearsed and ready and had it tank? Have you ever gone into a situation, alive and excited but not overly prepared and had it work out better than expected? Last Thursday, I had the honor of being the keynote speaker for Microsoft at […]

Every beginning comes from an ending; it is the circle of life, the cycle of nature. All hunters know that without death there is no new life, and while I will remain Chairman of Carbon Media Group, it’s time to make a change. To start another chapter that will galvanize HealthRise. This week, I have […]

When you find yourself getting emotional or defensive, there is a reason behind it. The key is to dig into the WHY. Things were nearing the closing in a recent contract negotiation. The other party said something that questioned my good faith in the transaction. I became heated up…and fast. Just when I was about […]

Have you ever walked into a meeting and communicated an idea or a proposal, only to be met with a wall of blank stares? Or perhaps you have intended to motivate someone or even indirectly compliment him or her and the opposite reaction occurs. Do you ever reflect on why this happens? It can be […]