Leadership
Imagine boarding a flight, only to hear the pilot say, “We’ll just go wherever the winds take us.” Would you stay? Probably not! Just like air travel, life and business require more than speed—they need direction. As a sales and leadership consultant, I’m often asked how to cultivate an executive mindset to align actions with…
In 1995, my wife and I decided to go back to Hawaii for our fifth wedding anniversary, staying at the Maui Marriott. One morning, we went down for breakfast. As we’re sitting at our table, the waiter comes up, looks at me, and says, “You’re Ron Karr®.” I reply, “Yes, I am.” He goes, “No,…
A study published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry revealed that a new pill developed in Denmark “mimics the effects and benefits of strenuous exercise without moving a muscle.” Imagine just taking a pill and having all of the same health benefits as if you had run – and I quote – “a…
When was the last time you truly listened to a captain’s welcome announcement on a plane? Last week, flying from New York to Florida, Captain Ian Wallace of @United Airlines came out of the cockpit before the doors closed. He grabbed the intercom and filled the aisle with his hulking presence. Looking directly at us,…
When you realize that a big deal you’re expecting to close is not happening, does that trigger your emotions? Do you really have control of your emotions? Take this example: A Vice President of Sales and a National Account Manager went to San Francisco to renew a $5 million contract. Their customer wanted all contracts…
At the beginning of my speaking career, I was hired to give a keynote to 250 executives in Dallas, Texas. Before the talk, I mingled with the audience to build relationships. I ran into this bigger-than-life-size individual, a man wearing the requisite cowboy hat. He had a great sense of humor, and I was impressed…
Do you know that sometimes you have to go slow to go fast? Recently, I installed a new productivity software program. And like many of you, I figured I knew immediately what I had to do, so I didn’t bother reading the instructions. After two painful hours of trying to get the software to work…
This past Sunday, we had a great Super Bowl with an overtime win—the San Francisco 49ers against the Kansas City Chiefs. Both teams had two different styles of quarterbacks. One of the reasons both teams made it to the Super Bowl was because their head coaches leveraged each quarterback’s strengths. Coach Andy Reid, with the…
So how can you enhance the customer experience while at the same time increasing your own Velocity? You may have read this week that Starbucks is investing billions of dollars to cut down customer wait times by 55 seconds. Their solution? The new syrup machine. With it, baristas can simply press a button to access milk and…
Imagine being 14 years old, diagnosed with a condition causing immense pain and grief. That’s what happened to me when I was 14. It was a speech impediment, preventing me from pronouncing the letter “R.” It was so painful and led to a lot of ridicule in my life. In fact, they called this impediment…
Imagine boarding a flight, only to hear the pilot say, “We’ll just go wherever the winds take us.” Would you stay? Probably not! Just like air travel, life and business require more than speed—they need direction. As a sales and leadership consultant, I’m often asked how to cultivate an executive mindset to align actions with…
In 1995, my wife and I decided to go back to Hawaii for our fifth wedding anniversary, staying at the Maui Marriott. One morning, we went down for breakfast. As we’re sitting at our table, the waiter comes up, looks at me, and says, “You’re Ron Karr®.” I reply, “Yes, I am.” He goes, “No,…
A study published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry revealed that a new pill developed in Denmark “mimics the effects and benefits of strenuous exercise without moving a muscle.” Imagine just taking a pill and having all of the same health benefits as if you had run – and I quote – “a…
When was the last time you truly listened to a captain’s welcome announcement on a plane? Last week, flying from New York to Florida, Captain Ian Wallace of @United Airlines came out of the cockpit before the doors closed. He grabbed the intercom and filled the aisle with his hulking presence. Looking directly at us,…
When you realize that a big deal you’re expecting to close is not happening, does that trigger your emotions? Do you really have control of your emotions? Take this example: A Vice President of Sales and a National Account Manager went to San Francisco to renew a $5 million contract. Their customer wanted all contracts…
At the beginning of my speaking career, I was hired to give a keynote to 250 executives in Dallas, Texas. Before the talk, I mingled with the audience to build relationships. I ran into this bigger-than-life-size individual, a man wearing the requisite cowboy hat. He had a great sense of humor, and I was impressed…
Do you know that sometimes you have to go slow to go fast? Recently, I installed a new productivity software program. And like many of you, I figured I knew immediately what I had to do, so I didn’t bother reading the instructions. After two painful hours of trying to get the software to work…
This past Sunday, we had a great Super Bowl with an overtime win—the San Francisco 49ers against the Kansas City Chiefs. Both teams had two different styles of quarterbacks. One of the reasons both teams made it to the Super Bowl was because their head coaches leveraged each quarterback’s strengths. Coach Andy Reid, with the…
So how can you enhance the customer experience while at the same time increasing your own Velocity? You may have read this week that Starbucks is investing billions of dollars to cut down customer wait times by 55 seconds. Their solution? The new syrup machine. With it, baristas can simply press a button to access milk and…
Imagine being 14 years old, diagnosed with a condition causing immense pain and grief. That’s what happened to me when I was 14. It was a speech impediment, preventing me from pronouncing the letter “R.” It was so painful and led to a lot of ridicule in my life. In fact, they called this impediment…