Posts by Drue Lawlor
Finish 2020 Strong
As we reach the end of the year, the unforeseen challenges you faced in 2020 may have made your goals more difficult to obtain and you may have had to readjust and shuffle some objectives around. But before you allow the setbacks of 2020 to infect your thoughts with negativity, whether you lead a “team”…
Read MoreFocus On Your Future
Everyone faces challenges during their lives but rather than focusing on the “woulda, coulda, shoulda’s” focus instead on how to use past experiences to your advantage. What seemed like roadblocks can be used to help you to be better able to get through adversity and become stronger because of those experiences. The bigger the challenge…
Read MoreSupporting Our Industry Partners
Hopefully you all realize the value of relationships. We are in a relationship business, after all. We develop relationships with our clients, and within the community and with specific referral partners to help promote our business. And we develop relationships with our industry partners. Those relationships with industry partners are particularly highlighted during market weeks…
Read MoreHow to Inspire Your Team
You are only as good as your team” and it’s up to you as a leader to inspire and motivate your team to help ensure the success of your firm. Being an inspirational force at your firm will motivate your team to look forward to coming to work and giving 100%+ – which in turn…
Read MoreMarketing for the Holidays & Beyond in a Covid World
Now is definitely the time to create interest with your clients in preparation for the holidays and beyond. The conversation can focus on the upcoming holidays but also on how their home is working and will continue to work for them in the New Year. Now is the time to reach out with ideas through…
Read MoreGiving Yourself Grace
Photo Credit: Emily Wilson We’ve been seeing preparations for and recovery from major storms and fires. Many are facing the unknown as to whether your child will attend school virtually or in person. For some families both parents and children are working from home in spaces not often set up for that arrangement – even…
Read MoreBuilding Stronger More Effective Teams
Photo Credit: Emily Wilson Photography A successful company functions more effectively and productively when the employees of that company operate with a team mindset – each member identifying with a particular role or roles and focused on the long term goals of the company. Effective teams will help a business to grow and flourish. So…
Read More2020 Genius Exchange Recap
Innovation (creativity) comes more easily with management (processes, etc.) set in place. “Failures lead to successes”. These were among the many pieces of valuable advice shared by keynote speaker and former CEO of Cree Lighting, Chuck Swoboda, were just the beginning of two days filled with advice, information and even the chance for the over…
Read MoreIgnite Your Creativity & Imagination
“Curiosity about life in all its aspects, I think is still the secret of great creative people.” – Leo Burnett Curiosity is something that we observe in children, but too often it gets lost as we get older. Following are 5 suggestions for you to recharge your curiosity and ignite your creativity and imagination –…
Read MoreIf You’re Not Accountable, You’ll Reach Your Potential
Photo Credit-Emily Wilson Photography “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” ~Michelangelo What motivates you? Would others describe you as “highly accountable?” Take an honest assessment of your actions – or non-actions –…
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