Posts Tagged ‘consulting’

Becoming a Change Agent

Becoming a Change Agent

I often intuitively know what a person or organization needs to do to get where they want to be. Most of the times, I realize they cannot get there on one step, sometimes they cannot get there at all. Early in my career, I was frustrated by the inability of (Continue reading…)

The Next Level: Do You Have the Right Team?

The Next Level: Do You Have the Right Team?

“What do we need to do to get us to the next level?” That’s perhaps the one question I get asked the most.  While the answer might include strategies like  better systems, seizing opportunities, new facilities, retooling business or ministry models, they are all predicated on the most important variable (Continue reading…)

Is Your Critical Nature Ruining Your Life?

Is Your Critical Nature Ruining Your Life?

In our pursuit of improvement, of becoming our very best, we can find ourselves always looking for the negative in every situation.  As a consultant, I’m paid to figure out how to improve communication, technology, and create new and better systems. Being critical is part of the skill set that (Continue reading…)

Sometimes You Need a Fresh Perspective to See the Obvious

Sometimes You Need a Fresh Perspective to See the Obvious

As a consultant, too often, I feel I’m telling my clients the obvious. After all, it doesn’t take me long to figure out what they should do next. I forget how immersed I am in my professional career and how much it has become second nature to me. In my (Continue reading…)

How Are You Wired for Creativity?

How Are You Wired for Creativity?

Part of my work at The A Group focus on helping leaders, speakers and authors with the creative part of their jobs. Several of my clients are pastors of large congregations and ministries and part of my work is to help them develop teaching series ideas, book topics, titles and (Continue reading…)

Red Flags Your Business Relationship is in Trouble

Red Flags Your Business Relationship is in Trouble

The most important work I do as a consultant is to help my clients with strategies in communications, business systems and even creative output. A lot of very cool tools and initiatives come from the work and many of these, my company, The A Group, gets to produce.  Recently during (Continue reading…)

The A Group Brand and Development Division: Answer to a Modern Problem

The A Group Brand and Development Division: Answer to a Modern Problem

When I first began The A Group some nine years ago, it was designed to fit a need within the Christian landscape for strategic marketing solutions. Being strategy driven instead of product, we birthed The A Group Technologies as communication shifted from print to online, to social media and now (Continue reading…)