Peer Power Blog

As we move into the final month of 2012, I wanted to challenge you with some thoughts around growth. There are a lot of misconceptions around growth in general. For the most part, growth is a good thing, as long as it is planned, controlled and done well. But growth can also lead to collapse and disaster if not done well. That is most true when the supporting structure and team is not prepared for growth. When the fundamentals of an organization, or the people who are to step up and lead it are not prepared – well growth can be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. You have to make the right investments in getting the company focused on the right things, and invest in the skillset of the ... Continue reading

Hurricane Sandy is starting to wind down and while there has been much damage, it seems most of the HTG members on the east coast have been spared for the most part.  I sent out personal emails to our affected members, and received responses from over 40 of them yesterday.  The good news is that while there are definitely some challenges with power and water and other inconveniences, overall the companies seem to be on their way to recovery.  The feedback was positive and spirits were generally very good.  A few were closed due to lack of power, or in some cases no phone service or Internet access.  But in general it appears our members were spared to a large degree,... Continue reading

I’ve been down here in Australia the past week now. It has been a whirlwind of a time as we have completed one SWOT, three peer group meetings and participated in the ConnectWise user group. Lots of partner interaction and literally dozens of hours sharing content and participating in discussions and learning. As is usually the case, I am confident I have learned more from my participation than those I was supposed to lead and train. That is usually how it goes for me – the teacher gets taught and this trip has been filled with that kind of lessons thus far. One more week to go, so I may well have another blog to follow this one, but here are my initial lessons from down under in Q3 2012. 1... Continue reading

By Zack Schuler President/CEO Cal Net Technology Group I am of the opinion that no matter what faith you hold, your faith will teach you that taking care of the less fortunate is an essential element of obedience.  Even if you have no faith, in your heart you likely realize that taking care of the less fortunate is “a good thing.”  That said, there are many different ways and forms of taking care of the less fortunate.  There are ways that foster sustainability such as working with a fatherless child, and teaching him something that he will use for the rest of his life.  Helping others to help themselves, has both been an American tradition (at least until recently), and has been taught b... Continue reading

The Participation  To Be Qualified for assistance an HTG member needs to: ·         Be a member in good standing with Heartland Tech Groups or be employed by a company in good standing ·         Have a personal life and legacy plan completed and posted to the HTG portal ·         Have a company disaster recovery and business continuity plan completed and posted to the HTG portal ·         Be a contributing member to Hands That Give  The Process ·         Each member must have a disaster recovery plan and personal legacy plan in process or completed ·         A request is made to the Hands That Give board of directors via phone or  email with declaration form ·         Unaffected mem... Continue reading