Is Your Business Your Calling?

Is there a difference between owning a business and fulfilling a calling? For me, the answer is no. The roots of my business started growing when I was six years old. I had just learned from neighbor kids that I was adopted. They weren’t kind, and it took years and lots of tears to sort […]

Seek Out the Entrepreneurs in Your Organization with These 4 Questions

Copyright TIGERS Success Series By Dianne Crampton If you think that entrepreneurial-minded and innovative employees are plotting to steal “top secret” company ideas, sell them to your competitors, or start their own businesses, you couldn’t be farther from the truth. As a matter of fact, organizations with this mindset aren’t harnessing the wealth of untapped leadership […]

Leading Through Synergy – Two Heads are Better Than One

Copyright © TIGERS® Success Series by Dianne Crampton You’ve all heard my story about the two Canadian brothers who decided to build a business. One worked in finance for the provincial government. The other was an affable salesman. During the course of participating in the TIGERS Team Wheel™ exercise they were able to identify the […]

Three Tips for Reducing Conflict as a Community Volunteer

Copyright 2011 TIGERS Success Series By Dianne Crampton Recently, I received a request from a business owner to discuss volunteer program design because of a conflict problem he is facing as a community volunteer.  I am sharing my thoughts in the TIGERS-Den for two reasons.  The first is that these ideas apply to business.  The […]