Category Archives: Leadership

Professionals….and Philosophers?

As part of my continuing efforts to grow personally and professionally, I recently applied and was accepted for membership in the Chicago chapter of Seiwajyuku.  For those not familiar with Seiwajyuku, the Chicago chapter website describes Seiwajyuku as a “dojo (training … Continue reading

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Are You Preparing Your Team for Success?

A recent Wall Street Journal article on Tracy Britt (‘A Rising Star Emerges at Berkshire‘)  highlights several key components to professional growth. While at first blush the article talks of Ms. Britt’s bringing Mr. Buffett a bushel of corn at the … Continue reading

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Growth Through Golf

Who says that golf is only for men? Well, I guess I should admit that I was actually one of the people who used to say that exact thing. But that was before I began hosting a professional women’s golf … Continue reading

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How is Your Leadership?

In my continuing effort to build my knowledge about leadership, I read “Leaders” by Warren Bennis & Burt Nanus in mid-May. This is a business classic in the U.S. In 1985, he co-authored this book after interviewing more than 90 … Continue reading

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Are you an Order Taker or a Change Maker?

At Corbett, Duncan & Hubly, we believe in delivering Five Star Service to our clients.  It is the basic way we conduct business every day.  In order to achieve this goal, we go above and beyond for our clients to … Continue reading

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Growth Among Us

Is your company growing? This is one of the key questions that you should ask yourself. One of the traps that many companies fall into is not setting a high level goals–despite the potential that your company has. In other words, your … Continue reading

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The Rabbit Hole

I realize I am showing my age – but over the years I have seen a proliferation of technology, like: with the fax machine, that remove the “mail delivery delay” excuse from our lexicon; to cell phones that can reach … Continue reading

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Lessons Learned from Joint Hearing

  Recently, our own Kurt Anderson testified before the joint Revenue Committee regarding the EDGE Tax Credit and proposed modifications to the legislation to grant greater access for small businesses to the EDGE Tax Credits.  Read a short synopsis of the hearing … Continue reading

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Technology: Innovating Faster Than Users

It seems that every few months, some new technology is invented that changes how we do business. I’m just old enough that as I started working in the late 1980s, the fax machine was relatively new technology, and if you … Continue reading

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Risky Business

At CDH it is our culture to take risks; risks to challenge how we do things so that we can improve; risks to provide useful feedback to clients and staff so that we can add value and build stronger relationships.  … Continue reading

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