Jake Thompson | Keynote Speaker on Grit and Leadership
Football season has returned, and with it, fantasy football. It’s the time of year when more than 59 million North Americans invest more than $7 billion into individual players’ performances every Sunday during NFL season. And inevitably, your weekly bragging rights will come down to the last quarter of Monday Night Football. It doesn’t matter […]
Last night my Texas Rangers lost to the Minnesota Twins 13-6. I turned the game on during the 5th inning and saw my team was already trailing by 10 runs. Ouch. Ten runs is a huge amount in baseball. In fact, only a few times in baseball history has a team overcome a 10-run deficit […]
Is it even worth investing the time to train a new hire who is going to ultimately leave?
I know from experience how frustrating it can be to invest time into training someone who leaves you. However, the alternative is always worse and you can use the opportunity to build your own career in these 3 ways.
It’s time for your HALFWAY checkpoint for 2019! There are 6 months left until 2020. This is a perfect time look back at the progress you’ve made/didn’t, adjust your daily process to fit your plan for the next 182 days, and then hit the ground running. Just like in sports, if 2019 is kicking your […]
The little things usually matter most. There’s a burger joint near my wife’s office that we frequent occasionally. The food is great, but we go back time and time again because of how they behave at the bar. The bartenders are trained to replace your martini glass as soon as they see the ice frosting […]
Can culture help you steal customers from competitors? Yesterday my wife and I had to take one of our dogs to a new veterinarian because our main vet was booked until next week. Our poor boxer, Sugar, has had multiple issues since we adopted her in October so trips to the vet have become almost […]
I saw clips of Kevin Hart recently on the Joe Rogan Podcast on Twitter and decided to download the full interview. (Here’s a link if you want to as well. FYI – it’s over two hours & contains NSFW language.) There is a lot great information in their conversation but what stood out most to me is something […]
Accountability breeds a strong, positive culture – in the locker room and in the boardroom.
When an organization embraces accountability from the top to bottom, employees are empowered in their role, motivated to do it to the best of their abilities, and proactive to reach the goals they’ve set.
People strive to help and do more when they believe they’re a valuable contributor to the overall success of the organization.
Here are the three keys to building accountability within your organization:
Are you getting distracted by worrying about what everyone else is doing, believing they’re your competition? Or are you focused in on your finish line and what you’re really up against?
