I can make money with any product with the right compensation plan. I am sure if you have been in direct sales, MLM or network marketing long enough you have heard that line. It is pure silliness. When I was first involved in network marketing that was the attitude. It was wrong then, it is...

The path to discovering the perfect partnership is only second to finding balance with your spouse. Here are 10 tips to finding, choosing, or maintaining that perfect partnership: Remember, it takes time and effort to become a terrible partner.  If you don’t know your prospective...

This week we were talking about team building. In the office, Lacy does a great job making sure we are always on track. Sam jokingly suggested we should do some trust falls. I don’t think he meant it. I thought it was an excellent idea. The video shows our team building activity from...

A smart team starts with its leader. If a team is failing, you typically have to look no further than its leader. In his book Good to Great, Jim Collins believes the top leadership level a person can achieve is what he calls Level 5 Leadership. “Level 5 refers to a five-level hierarchy of...

If you want to be an effective leader, you better be emotionally intelligent. Emotional intelligence has very little to do with your IQ. According to his article in the Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman says that a person with the best training in the world, an incisive and analytical...

If you want to be an effective leader, you better be emotionally intelligent. Emotional intelligence has very little to do with your IQ. According to his article in the Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman says that a person with the best training in the world, an incisive and analytical...

Business leaders with large teams constantly receive calls from team members with problems that have more to do with emotional needs than figuring out how to make larger bonuses and commissions.  The bonuses and commissions that leaders make has very much to do with the state of mind of...

If you want your team to overcome excuses and help them grow your business, you need to teach them accountability and self-reliance. Self-esteem can be a powerful tool for both good and bad.  A member of your team with a poor self-esteem is not likely to ever be a big producer for you or...