Peer Power Blog

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... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

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 ... Continue reading

One of the foundational parts of the HTG Peer Group program is our method of planning.  The HTG Way of planning for legacy, life, leadership, and business is unique and key to our members’ success.  My good friend Joe Panettieri recently blogged about his personal experience with planning. If you haven’t had a chance to read JP’s post yet, I encourage you to do so.  Check out the comments section, too.  Some HTG members and friends of HTG shared valuable insights about their own planning process there. Each of our HTG members received a copy of the Planning for Success: the HTG Way book as part of their membership renewal this year.  We have had great feedback aroun... Continue reading