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Baking Dreams: The Story of Little Sweets
Read more: Baking Dreams: The Story of Little SweetsOne of the things I love most about hosting Building Loved Businesses is how often the best stories don’t start with a business plan. They start with a person. A person following curiosity.A person saying “yes” before everything feels safe.A person building something meaningful, one imperfect step at a time. Addie Corby, founder of Little…
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Building a legacy on persistence and talent
Read more: Building a legacy on persistence and talentOn Building Loved Businesses, I’ve had the privilege of hearing some remarkable stories—but this one spans nearly a century of reinvention, resilience, and disciplined entrepreneurship. In this episode, I sat down with Joe Slavens, steward of a multi-generation family enterprise based in Davenport, Iowa. Over almost 100 years, Joe’s family has built—and rebuilt—businesses across banking,…
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Read more: untitled post 2267This weekend, my youngest daughter played in her first college soccer match and it reminded me of a lesson I learned from her about teamwork and humility. Last summer, her Dakota Alliance club soccer team won the USYS National Championship, the first team from South Dakota to ever win the highest-level title of US Youth…
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The Fundamental Attribution Error
Read more: The Fundamental Attribution ErrorI recently finished listening to Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team by one of my favorite authors: Patrick Lencioni. The book is a field guide for implementing the principles from the most famous of his several business fables: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. The first dysfunction that a high-performing team must overcome is…
