BY: THE STRATEGIC COACH TEAM All innovations happen when people use their experiences in a new way. The greatest inventors and entrepreneurs are able to come up with new ideas because they see something, usually something everyone else is seeing, in a different way. …

Written by prominent sociologist David Riesman in 1950, The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character is a sociological analysis that provides an exciting framework for understanding people’s values and motivations, and despite being over 70 years old, it’s still useful today. Riesman observed that people fall into…

A future-based philosophy. At a time when people feel they have no control over their future and often try to cling to the past or return to an imaginary one that never existed, the following four mindsets enable you to use your imagination, emotions, and abilities much more constructively; to…

There’s a great and permanent shifting of supply chains from Asia to the Western Hemisphere for American markets. After all, with ports on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico, shipping north from south of the U.S. border is much more reliable. Strategic Coach clients in Guatemala and Colombia with…

Credibility is an essential factor for growth in the marketplace, and while it can take years to develop, it can be destroyed in moments. Protect your credibility with filters. The people you surround yourself with represent you and what you value. …

Thinking about life after entrepreneurship can be scary, and you may even battle some feelings of unworthiness as you ask yourself, “Was it just luck?” This can lead some entrepreneurs down the endless road of wanting to prove themselves. Life after selling your business can still be filled with purpose…

The following is an excerpt from my book Collaboration Ground Rules coming out in March 2022. Since we founded Strategic Coach over 30 years ago, we’ve had many experiences of being collaborative with other organizations regardless of whether they’ve reciprocated. In fact, we’ll happily promote something really good that someone…

There was a period of history where people’s perspectives stayed relatively the same for at least 50 or 60 years. Then, it started to fray at the edges with the emergence of microchip-enabled technology, personal computers, software, the internet, and smartphones. The way we’ve thought about and organized our world…

To learn how to overcome failure as an entrepreneur, you must first take 100% responsibility for yourself. That means cultivating the capability to choose how you respond to painful experiences or what you’re currently calling “failures.” At any given time or in any situation, entrepreneurs must consciously choose how to…