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This blog is about the power of peers in the IT space. It is designed as a place to share things I have learned the past 24+ years running a business as well as meeting the growing demands of business owners we experience leading the Heartland Tech Groups - a peer group network for IT business owners.
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Thoughts From HTG Summit Part 3
On the plane ride home from Dallas, our team was talking and spending some time doing an informal debrief of our week together at the 2013 HTG Summit. I thought it would be good to review some of the great events and activities of the week we just experienced. So over the next few posts, I'll summarize the view from where I sit.
If I could sum up the feeling behind many of our shared observations and comments it would be two-fold: Proud and Thankful. I leave the week feeling proud of our team and how they are choosing to lead through change, proud of so many of you and how you are engaging, and profoundly humbled and thankful to be a part of the HTG journey together.
I spent time ref...
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Thoughts From HTG Summit 2013 Part 2
On the plane ride home from Dallas, our team was talking and spending some time doing an informal debrief of our week together at the 2013 HTG Summit. I thought it would be good to review some of the great events and activities of the week we just experienced. So over the next few posts, I'll summarize the view from where I sit.
If I could sum up the feeling behind many of our shared observations and comments it would be two-fold: Proud and Thankful. I leave the week feeling proud of our team and how they are choosing to lead through change, proud of so many of you and how you are engaging, and profoundly humbled and thankful to be a part of the HTG journey together.
I spen...
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Thoughts From HTG Summit 2013
On the plane ride home from Dallas, our team was talking and spending some time doing an informal debrief of our week together at the 2013 HTG Summit. I thought it would be good to review some of the great events and activities of the week we just experienced. So over the next few posts, I'll summarize the view from where I sit.
If I could sum up the feeling behind many of our shared observations and comments it would be two-fold: Proud and Thankful. I leave the week feeling proud of our team and how they are choosing to lead through change, proud of so many of you and how you are engaging, and profoundly humbled and thankful to be a part of the HTG journey together.
I spent tim...
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Reasons Leaders Fail to Finish Strong
Now being three months post sale of HTS, I’ve been thinking a lot about finishing strong. The reality is that making it all the way to the end running hard and right is rare. Many folks tend to flame out at some point along the journey. Even in the Bible, it is filled with examples over and over of people who were living large for God and then just fall apart at the end, or later on the journey through life. In today’s world, there are lots of examples of folks that have been leading well and then fall apart as they begin to wind down.
What then are the common characteristics of leaders who fail? Here are some thoughts about reasons leaders fail. Re...
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Vision - So Much More
We are constantly working to define and revise our plans for legacy, life, business and leadership as part of the HTG experience. And one of the core elements to all those plans is a clear understanding of our vision. Sometimes we don’t slow down long enough to really consider what that vision is. We draft a statement and move on. If you began developing your vision by drafting a single statement, you probably undershot it.
A vision is so much more than a sentence. It really is a picture of the future. It is what you are trying to paint on the canvass of life and leading your business. The truth is that we can’t paint that picture until we can envision it in our mind. An artist has to know ...
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Best of luck to HTG20, 21 and 25 as they gather for their Q2 meeting in Melbourne. We hope you have a productive and challenging 2 days.
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