Are You Better Than You Are Doing?

As many of you know, our company’s brand line is, “Do what you do better.” Francis Hare, of Hare Communications, came up with that line nearly 17 years ago. It still defines our brand today, and it’s how many of our clients introduce us: “This is the guy I told you...

Be Concise

A while back, a client asked me to review a significant proposal that he and his team were working on. Normally, when a client sends something to me to review that something is going to have major implications for their business. After reviewing the proposal, I...

Extreme Reading

I’ve heard people say that reading is the best way to gain experience without actually being there yourself, and I think that’s true. Over the past couple of years, I’ve become a junkie for business books of all kinds. I read or listen to at least one book each...

The Four Stages of Anyone’s Career

I recently read The Garner Files: a Memoir by James Garner and Jon Winokur. Garner was perhaps best known as Jim Rockford in the long-running TV show The Rockford Files, but he also worked the big screen in movies like The Great Escape with Steve McQueen. Garner’s...