by Todd Burrier | Blog, Business Development
Leadership is a Responsibility Depending on the level of responsibility, and the level of ownership, most leaders feel pressure on a consistent basis. By the way, when I say ownership, this can be viewed through two different lenses. One lens is a mentality and the...
by Todd Burrier | Blog, Business Development
Crisis Can Catapult Your Credibility Or it can wipe it off the face of the earth. Here’s why: Effective leaders thrive as a result of their ability to influence those they lead, and that influence (influence is the purposeful application of credibility) is in...
by Todd Burrier | Blog, Business Development
When The Focus is On Pleasing the Boss, the Customer Loses… And eventually everyone else does to. Several years ago I was at a department store to buy a Christmas present. As I got to the check-out area, there were three or four other people in line in front of me....
by Todd Burrier | Blog, Business Development, Relationship Skills
No One Has to Follow You This is a hard one to wrap your head around when you have people working for you, isn’t it? But it’s true. You can be the CEO of a company and tell someone to do something, and they can say NO. Of course, there are consequences for them, but...
by Todd Burrier | Blog, Business Development, Home Business Training, Relationship Skills
You Have to Help Them See the Forest At the end of last week, I got a real treat. My friend Marc Jessup (one of the Principals of a fabulous, dynamic, growing company here in Eastern North Carolina: Flatlands Jessup Insurance Group, and also a company I have the...