Mention the word “habit” and people generally think of addictions or bad behaviors. Change the word to “disciplines” and negative imagines of drudgery and hard work generally come to mind. But anyone who has ever raised children knows the positive value in developing “constant inclinations to act in a particular way, acquired through repetition over [...]
Continue reading …Are you leaving money on the table because you aren’t running your business as effectively as you could? What do you need to do to stay ahead of the curve? What should you do to reduce insecurity for your clients and employees, streamline marketing, and take advantage of technology with strategies to build your business? [...]
Continue reading …Two weeks from now, the Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance will take a group of business leaders on what has become an annual trip to another city that can provide ideas of what has worked and what hasn’t — not for us to duplicate, but perhaps adapt for our purposes. This time it’s Omaha, Neb., [...]
Continue reading …Arts and culture organizations can fuel significant economic growth in cities and benefit all citizens, whether they attend a single play, exhibit or concert in their lifetime or not. While this is not the message those of us working in this sector want to put out there — we do, after all, want as many [...]
Continue reading …The local entrepreneurial community has achieved what I believe is a “healthy chaos” of activities, networking events and startups. Over the past year we’ve seen a lot of new initiatives that piggyback on best practices of other leading entrepreneurial communities. In February the El Pomar Institute for Innovation and Commercialization (EPIIC) and Peak Venture Group [...]
Continue reading …A perfect elevator speech should compel the receiver to ask a meaningful question back. It should be interesting, and it should state what the person does and give enough information to weed out people who have no interest in what you do. The goal of an effective elevator speech is to convince people who may [...]
Continue reading …As the city sharpens its focus now on the final few days of this municipal election, which wraps up on Tuesday, the suspense begins to grow. How will the six district races reshape the structure and personality of City Council? Will incumbents continue to have control, or will newcomers change the chemistry enough to create [...]
Continue reading …Patients with severe chronic disease are eager to gain access to a new class of medications known as “biosimilars,” which are less expensive imitations of “biologic” medications, yet have proven highly effective at treating a wide range of debilitating diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, many types of cancer, psoriasis and lupus, among others. Right [...]
Continue reading …During a recent conversation, Col. Chris Crawford described a common experience in his role as commander at Peterson Air Force Base, talking with civilians in Colorado Springs who know surprisingly little about what goes on at the installation that leases most of its real estate from our airport. The colonel wasn’t being critical. He simply [...]
Continue reading …Yesterday a conversation with the executive director of a nonprofit organization reminded me of many similar conversations over the years. “Nonprofit leadership is really, really hard. Why is that?” she pleaded. “I’m not sure if my board or staff really understand how much I struggle trying to run this organization. Was it meant to be [...]
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