The Blog

Back in March, I got a call from a guy I hadn't talked to in a while, David Lamb.  Some of you may remember him because up until a few years ago,...

I’ve written before about teaching your kids about money and why it’s important.  If you’ve read the article I just referred to, you’ll know that...

I get asked a lot whether a new business line, service, or product is feasible, or whether it fits with a current business or product offering.  ...

In my work with leadership teams, I have three distinct roles:  teacher, coach, and facilitator.  I am a teacher, in that I teach an operational ...

I am honored to have recently joined the coaching team of EOS Worldwide.  My job is to support and counsel other EOS® Implementers who, like myse...

When I start working with a new client, one of the first questions I ask is, “What is it that keeps you from being successful?  What is it you mu...

As 2016 draws to a close, I’m excited because I’ve just reached one milestone and am about to reach another.  I’ve just installed EOS® with my 50...

I took up crew rowing in an 8-oared shell at age 50 with a local community club here in my hometown.  One thing I learned quickly is that we must...

I recently proposed to implement EOS for a large business in a big city.  As sometimes happens, the potential client is interviewing another EOS ...

Being a boss is tough, especially when it comes to relating to your people.  It’s always a challenge to connect with employees since you have to ...

From time to time, I coach a leadership team that is in turmoil because of some deep conflict.  Usually, there are two or more individuals who ha...

People ask me all the time, “Ken, what’s the number one thing I can do to make my business better?”  My answer is always the same: there is no si...

Last month, I celebrated my 57th birthday.  On that day, I was in Detroit with over 100 fellow EOS Implementers and Gino Wickman, who created EOS...

Once there was a football team who overcame an upset loss to a rival and made it to the playoffs, only to lose in the semi-finals. The following...

“I feel like people are going to want to climb mountains after seeing this movie.” That’s what Joy Mangano is quoted as saying about the new mov...

Years ago, when I was a young CPA just starting out, I had an older client who visited me once per year, and we’d catch up on each other’s activi...

When I was 10 years old, I went on my first sleepover to my Irish Catholic friend’s house. Approaching the carport, I heard a commotion and was s...

I consider myself to be somewhat “old school.”  That term carries different connotations, and whether it’s good or bad depends on in what way you...

In my 30-plus years as an entrepreneur, I’ve faced some pretty tough situations in business.  We all do. The hardest thing I’ve ever done is to ...

I frequently encounter this odd, paradoxical statement in my work. My clients specifically hired me to teach them how to run their businesses in ...

A group of explorers was working its way through a jungle, hacking through thick underbrush. Exhausted after several hours, they stopped to rest....

I have a wonderful client who says, “Thank you! You’ve given me my life back!” practically every time I see him.  He’s so happy, he referred one ...

After a company’s key leaders have mastered the EOS system, there comes an exciting – and sometimes scary – milestone in implementing EOS: it’s t...

Many entrepreneurs struggle to find a reliable way to measure how strong their organizations are and identify the best solutions for strengthenin...

As we discussed in the last post, the key to keeping meetings on track and productive is in NOT discussing problems the moment they arise, as cou...

I recently checked in on a new client a couple of weeks after their first session with me, and their Integrator was over the moon about how much ...

Tell me if you would do this:  would you drive your car around all day, every day, and never stop to have the tires rotated and balanced? Or wou...

This post is written by my daughter, Morgan DeWitt, age 17, and is adapted from an essay she wrote on the experience she shares below. My father ...

  Who hasn't done this?  You’re speaking with someone – perhaps a potential customer at a networking event – and they ask what you do.  They are...

Having served as an advisor to over 100 companies, I can tell you that improving cash flow -- and thereby, profits -- is a major concern in almos...

It’s happened to some of the best; Steve Jobs was fired by Apple, and it happened to Mark Barros at Contour in Seattle. I personally know entrep...

The single most embarrassing lesson I’ve ever learned in my whole business life came when I found out my employees had nicknamed me “Hurricane Ke...

It happens to all successful entrepreneurs: your business gets to be more than you can handle.  When you first start a company, you have no alter...

Two entrepreneurs each started companies in competing businesses ten years ago.  Now, one company is poised for a multi-million dollar sale, whil...

Once upon a time, a middle-aged man lost 60 pounds over a ten-month period.  Five years later, he’d gained back every pound.  He recently re-adopt...

About 95% of the business people I know struggle horribly with pressures at work AND home;  the challenge of making payroll, worries about what t...