As some of you may already be aware of, I grew up an avid hunter. Every hunting season, my dad would take me goose hunting along the Columbia River in Washington. I learned quite a bit sitting in that blind. A few of the lessons I learned then, have stayed with me to this day, and actually fit rather well in the business setting. In today’s post, I’d like to share five of the lessons I gleaned from geese during those critical years as well as famously quoted principals I've a

Someone once said to me that to be an effective leader you had to have at least seven distinct abilities. Interesting. How could you pin down the number to seven, but after listening to their thoughts and reading some recommended articles, I found that there were indeed seven basic elements of being a good leader. One leadership skill, in addition to being charismatic and smart was the ability to get and give (transfer) information. I find that if I could not communicate effe