Planning for Effective Leadership
At OTS, we spend a lot of time working with successful mission-driven leaders from all sorts of different backgrounds. While their businesses and goals are all unique, the overwhelming majority of them have one thing in common: most effective leaders are planners.
The Case for Consistency
If you had to make a quick choice (no calculators allowed!) between a one million dollar check today, or a single penny that doubles each day for the next 30 days … Which would you choose? An instant million dollars might sound a whole lot more satisfying than a penny in hand today, but if you
Creating a Winning Team Culture
Summer is fading fast and around here that means one thing … Football! If you’re not quite as excited as we are, don’t worry … We're not here just to talk sports. But when you really think about it, there are a lot of parallels between building a successful business and building a career as a
Sloppy Communication = Sloppy Execution
Remember the famous comedy routine performed by Abbott and Costello called Who’s on first? Abbott is identifying the players on a baseball team for Costello; however, the players’ names typically serve as the basis for asking and replying to questions. Who is the first baseman. What is on second. I don’t know is on third. And the
Leadership Vs. Management
Leadership and management … While we often hear these terms used interchangeably in business, there are clear distinctions between the two. That’s not to say they are mutually exclusive. Managers can have leadership qualities. Leaders can have good management skills. But it takes a lot more than a management title to create a leader. And
5-Step Process for Solving Business Issues
The only business that doesn’t have issues is the one that’s quickly dying or already dead. Issues are a sign that your business is struggling to grow. And how we respond to issues is the difference maker for scaling a thriving business or watching your passion fizzle.
How To NOT Get Trapped in the S-Quadrant
Just because you CAN do something … doesn’t mean you SHOULD … Most business owners, entrepreneurs, and real estate syndicators are massively talented …we’re CAPABLE of making things happen on many different levels. HOWEVER, when it comes to SCALING a business … At some point we’re going to come face-to-face with the reality that just because we're capable
Building a Successful Business 90 Days At A Time
We hear it often … it's a marathon; not a sprint. And that's only partly true. Building a business is a marathon, but it's run in sprints. Chunking out what needs to get done brings focus and energy to the priorities that will move the needle the most.
4 Pillars of a Successful Syndication Business
This message is for entrepreneurial syndicators striving to go bigger, faster … BUT feel constrained by needing to focus on outreach and operations at the same time. If that’s you … keep reading … When building and scaling a business, everything seems urgent and important … and I mean E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.