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How to Have Tough Conversations when There are Opposing Views Let’s start this article about tough topics and communication with a real-life story. Back in the early 1900s, Aldi was known as a small family grocery store based in Germany. After Theodor and Karl Albrecht inherited the business when their father passed, they expanded it into a chain of hundreds of grocery stores all across the country. But...

Growing up sailing on San Francisco Bay, I never thought I'd be living on a boat years later. Attending graduate school in the Bay Area, I decided to trade my land life for boat life, downsizing from a very nice townhome into my new home. Touring marina communities in the Bay Area, I first settled on Jack London Square marina. While the location was stellar, with access to transit, great places to eat, and...

Strategy is talked about daily in business as we share our 30,000 foot vision. While strategy is great, you must have resources, tools, and alignment to execute big visions. We know what happens when a business has no vision or lacks the resources to take the latest plan to home base - people get frustrated, they leave, and they seek a lending ear to listen to how they would've saved the day. So while you...