by Bruce Hodes | May 23, 2022 | Article, General
Given the Challenges such as rising fuel prices the supply chain, COVID-19, inflation and on and on, you ask, What the heck are you talking about? How can I have a fantastic second half with all that going on? Simply put, what if you and your organization chose to...
by Bruce Hodes | May 20, 2022 | General, Planning
Given all the unprecedented challenges businesses have been dealing with in the past two years, I support you and your organization in having a fantastic second half of 2022 instead of another six months of survival mode. Given the Challenges such as rising fuel...
by Bruce Hodes | Apr 12, 2022 | Book Endorsements
Like Lencioni’s other books, this is written as a Fable which makes it a quick, easy, relatable read. It is a story about a CEO, Brian, who has run his Machine Fitness Company successfully for the past 17 years. The business is doing well, it is profitable, and the...
by Bruce Hodes | Apr 12, 2022 | Book Endorsements
May you and your organization be thriving in the first quarter of 2022! Recently, I have read a great book that I am recommending to my favorite business leaders who are out to make a difference. You have made that list. The book is Scaling Up by Verne Harnish. This...
by Bruce Hodes and CMI | Jan 2, 2022 | General
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by Bruce Hodes and CMI | Dec 30, 2021 | General, Planning
Faces framed and puffy. Eyes glazed and unfocused…. As usual, same time, same zoom. That CFO’s cat gets less cute and more mangey every time I see it. Him letting her purr during the meeting, not so much. Kid screaming needing daddy every time we meet. Sales VP...
by Bruce Hodes and CMI | Jul 12, 2021 | General, Planning
Context is decisive. My mother always said that to me…Not really…. I learned this in a Landmark seminar. It rocked my world, my understanding of the world and what gives the world meaning. The instructor wags his index finger and asks; “what is this?” “A finger”, we...
by Bruce Hodes and CMI | Jul 11, 2021 | Book Endorsements
Highlights From No Ego The following really stood out for me: The average worker spends 2.5 hours in drama Suffering is optional and usually self-imposed Venting is the ego’s way of self reflection Our suffering does not come from our reality; it comes...
by Bruce Hodes and CMI | Mar 28, 2021 | Article, General, Planning, Teambuilding
Business Leadership Teams Successfully Emerge Like those old scary movies…a creature from the black lagoon. Moonlight on the water, ripples, small at first. Then you see a head, then neck, shoulders, a trunk emerges, all covered in black yucky goo, smelling...
by Bruce Hodes and CMI | Mar 24, 2021 | Book Endorsements
I instantly became interested in reading this book because, after all, it is Tony Soprano! Even though, I confess, I never watched The Sopranos, I was intrigued by what a mob boss would know about management and I wanted to know the comparison between this fictional...
