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Shane has 15 years of successful business experience which includes leadership positions with large Fortune 500 companies and mid-sized, private companies. Shane has spent a majority of his career contributing to the turn-around and rebuilding of poorly performing organizations. Find out more about Shane at his website

Are You a Shouldhead?
May 25, 2010 – 8:24 pm | No Comment
Are You a Shouldhead?

Are You a Shouldhead?
By: Shane Siegfried
Fort Collins Business Coach
As a Fort Collins business coach I feel this question may resonate with many business owners here in Fort Collins. Now, I didn’t come up with …

Shane Siegfried on the Buffalo Theory
April 1, 2010 – 7:41 am | No Comment
Shane Siegfried on the Buffalo Theory

There’s a lesson we can learn from the early Native Americans that is applicable today.
The culture of the Plains Indians was built around the buffalo.  The buffalo was honored and revered as a …

Urgent and Important Tipped on End
March 12, 2010 – 10:43 am | No Comment
Urgent and Important Tipped on End

The Urgent and Important Matrix which was developed by Stephen Covey author of  ”The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” is an alternate to the ABCDE method I talked in another post.
The matrix is a …

Leverage II
March 10, 2010 – 8:18 am | No Comment
Leverage II

Let’s continue to think about how we can leverage the resources available to us.  We can leverage other people’s energy, knowledge and money.  We should also make sure that we are paying attention and learning …

Leverage
March 9, 2010 – 8:14 am | No Comment
Leverage

Over the past couple weeks I’ve talked about time management and getting organized. This is all good however that’s not all there is to it.  Now that have everything organized and you sit down and …

Prioritize Your Tasks Using The ABCDE Method
March 8, 2010 – 8:36 am | No Comment
Prioritize Your Tasks Using The ABCDE Method

Last week, we talked about the saying “Git-R-Done” and how it applies to business.
Today, I want to talk about one way to help you prioritize so that you can “Git-R-Done”.
In his book Eat That Frog, …

“Exercise” Your Business
February 22, 2010 – 4:26 pm | No Comment
“Exercise” Your Business

80% of all businesses fail in the first 5 years.  In the next 5 years, 80% of those remaining businesses fail.  Let’s say out of 100 businesses, 80 fail in the first 5 years.  That …

The 1 Percent Meeting
February 17, 2010 – 7:52 am | No Comment
The 1 Percent Meeting

Do you ever feel like you’re running 100 miles per hour, in no particular direction?
Life moves fast.  How do we keep our focus in the middle of all the chaos?
My advice?  … throw all …

Business Critics or Fans
February 1, 2010 – 7:36 am | 2 Comments
Business Critics or Fans

Are you surrounded by critics or fans? In other words, are your closest relationships there to help you up or tear you down?
Don’t we beat ourselves up enough? Shouldn’t we surround ourselves with …