Executive Coaching
Executive coaching is a powerful source for those in leadership positions.
Highly experienced executive coaches provide one-on-one guidance to help leaders and professionals identify areas of improvement, develop their skills, and use them to achieve success.
Managers can become more effective in the workplace and reach their long-term professional goals with tailored advice and support on how best to lead teams.
Executive coaching has also been proven to boost job satisfaction and create lasting change through personalized feedback and constructive analysis.
For family-owned businesses, building customer loyalty isn’t just about repeat sales—it’s about creating long-term relationships that sustain growth, strengthen your reputation, and give you a competitive edge. Loyal customers aren’t just a source of revenue; they’re ambassadors who can carry your business forward for generations. But how do you intentionally cultivate this loyalty in a […]
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Effective Leadership is the Cornerstone of Success in Business Leaders guide their teams and organizations toward their goals. They provide direction, inspire innovation, and foster a culture of collaboration and adaptability. Strong leaders set a clear vision and lead by example, demonstrating the values and behaviors that drive success. They empower employees, enabling them to […]
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Every business owner and manager has to address the issue of employee conflict from time to time. The conflicts I see and hear about typically have to do with personal habits or less-than-mature social strategies which manifest themselves in annoying or inappropriate comments and behaviors. It’s adults lacking positive relational and social skills, or “emotional […]
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As the number of employees increases in a business, there is more and more need for a management system and a management leader. In a perfect world, business owners would hire people for specific roles, and they would do their job without needing anything from the owner/manager. But that’s not the real world. I’ve often […]
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Executive coaching and business coaching continue to rise in demand and popularity. It is increasingly common to hear business owners and executives talk about their “coach.” You will also hear terms used like “life coach,” “leadership coach,” “organizational coach,” “process improvement coach,” “management coach,” or “performance coach.” However, the most common terms used in business […]
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The most important thing that owners of growing businesses can do is to develop the manager! You cannot scale your business without..
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I prefer the term Accountability Chart, one of the foundational tools to the EOS methodology, over Organizational Chart and here’s why…
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Several years ago, Jim Collins popularized the phrase, “Get the right people on the bus and the wrong people off the bus.” In his book, Good to Great, Collins points out that research suggests that the best leaders did not really start with vision and strategy. Instead, they first got the right people on the […]
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Small business owners talk to me weekly about why their business is “stuck.” They ask me for advice about why it’s not growing. Of course there are several possible causes for this, but one common cause is what I call “System Bottlenecks.” These “bottlenecks” will keep your business from growing, preventing you from taking it […]
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“People cannot be managed. Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.” -H. Ross Perot For many years now I’ve wrestled with the question, “What do followers really want from their leaders?” In that time, I’ve read several good resources, but my most valuable insights have come from conversations and my own personal experiences. […]
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My mission is to empower business owners to achieve exceptional performance in their businesses and their lives. One primary way I accomplish this is to re-educate and re-focus business owners to lead more and work less. If they can understand this concept, they will be able to enjoy greater freedom, financial success, and happiness. In […]
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Too many small business owners are by default small leaders, and this costs them dearly! However, it doesn’t have to be this way. Too many of us excel in “doer-ship” instead of “leadership,” and unfortunately, it shows in our businesses and our lives. Too many owners of small businesses are micro-managers who like to touch […]
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Like anything else in life, our mindset plays a huge role in our success or failure. Marketing is no different. I have discovered that the most successful business owners have the kind of marketing mindset that creates success. So what is that mindset? 3 Marketing Mindset Mistakes Let me describe some marketing mindsets that I […]
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As business owners, there are at least 3 roles of leadership that you must embrace in order to grow your business. These are essential to the sustaining and scaling of any business.
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In my previous post “The Power of Positive Affirmations,” I talked about how important this tool is to reshape limiting beliefs, images, and thought processes. Here I want to give you some simple steps for creating affirmations that can lead to personal transformation.
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When I heard someone speak to me about “affirmations,” I did not take the concept seriously. My mind went back to old TV episodes of Saturday Night Live, where they made jokes about this practice. However, I’ve come to realize that positive affirmations can be life-changing! What are Affirmations? Affirmations can be a powerful tool […]
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One of the key differentiators between the exceptional business owners and the average business owner is the ability to navigate difficult conversations successfully. As a business and executive coach I see this frequently. Whether it is a conversation with a customer, a vendor, a partner, or an employee, from time to time we all find […]
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In this video, business coach Glenn Smith discusses a local business in Sugar Land, TX that lives out its core values. He gives 7 reasons why core values are important. Watch to learn more. Here is a transcript of today’s video blog about Core Values. We’re here with our Coaching Question of the Week: If you […]
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There is a lot of confusion around the difference between a mission and a vision. This will help you as you write your mission statement.
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Your Company Needs a Clear, Written Mission Statement Sometimes business owners ask me if it is that important to have a written mission statement. In many companies, it seems like a plaque on the wall with little or no value. Here is why I think every business (even small businesses) must have a clear, written […]
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