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I was busted.  I could see the flashing lights in my rear view mirror and knew he was after me. I couldn’t believe it.  I was doing the speed limit… sort of.  The speed limit was 110 km/h and I was well within my 10% allotment. Everybody knows the police allow 10% above the speed limit. This wasn’t a radar …

We have 2 sons.  They are 13.5 months apart. For the most part they were raised like twins.  They would both learn things at the same time:  skiing, swimming, riding a bike, etc., Benjamin just learned everything a year earlier than David. Needless to say, they were very close growing up.  However, we learned quite early that we actually had …

I’m sure you know the song.  Even if you don’t know the song, you know the phrase.  What can’t buy you love? ‘Money’ of course. The Beatles popularized this expression in their 1964 hit, “Can’t Buy Me Love”.  “I don’t care too much for money, ‘cause money can’t buy me love.”  The song was written by Paul McCartney. The single …

“People join companies, but they leave managers.” Do you have turnover trouble?  If you are all too often losing good people then you have a leadership problem.  Come to think of it, if you are losing bad people then you have a leadership problem as well: you’re not hiring well, mentoring well or firing well. But if you just can’t …