Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT Living in Alaska I am lucky to observe whales as they travel north to their summer feeding grounds. They have an internal compass that guides them to the best locations to sustain their life. Reflecting on this. I created a mind map of my guiding values that calibrates my […]
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT When people engage with you or your business do they feel tricked or treated? You can tell almost immediately the integrity of leadership by the strategies employed to inspire your patronage and grow the business. On the trick end of the spectrum, are you lured into engaging with captivating
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT Being a life long entrepreneur, I know certain things about uncertainty. What I know is that when nothing is certain, anything is possible. What creates the possibilities though is taking action, seeing what happens and then modifying accordingly. I get to practice this just about every day in my
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT I absolutely love competition as it makes me sharper, hones my attention, and helps me see new ways of delivering value. When working on a new project, I use a technique we teach in our course Project Breakthrough to evaluate our competitive positioning. I look at it through
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT We have a bold vision with our new initiative – Cheetah Micro Greens. This was a product line we created from our research efforts with Alaska Research Garden this summer. Our goal with Alaska Research Garden is to research various ways to cost effectively create a year round food
Muchelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT High performing businesses create a culture of respect. The leader of every organization sets the tone for the level of respect in the organization by how they handle challenging issues – such as sexual harassment. I move quickly on any allegations of sexual harassment in my own business (and
Muchelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT In 2003 I met a fascinating neighbor. He had taken the summer leap from his main stream existence in the lower 48. He was in Alaska being a river guide and was living with a friend on a lot across the road from my new place in Alaska. We
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT It took me fifteen years to become an overnight success. That was fifteen years where I tried one idea after another, learned, built up a business infrastructure, developed the capability and the capacity to run a thriving business. The skills I learned during those fifteen years helped keep my
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT The psyche craves consistency which is why commitment is such a favorable construct. Yet commitment to a strategy that is not adaptable to changing market realities requires a reread of the book “Who Moved my Cheese.” The question I routinely ask myself is – if I were making this
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI – ACP, RYT Somewhere along the line I learned an important strategy for business success called “turn key.” It means to offer a complete solution. It’s pretty easy to find opportunities to develop turn key solutions. All you have to do is to see where you are having the biggest
