by Misti Burmeister | Dec 16, 2015 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance | 
Nearly everyone wants to achieve greatness—results they care deeply about. Few do. Why? There is no simple answer to that question, but there is a simple 4-step formula that is certain to set you up for the best year of your life. Here are the top 4 elements I discuss...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Misti Burmeister | Dec 10, 2015 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance | 
Should you fire talented employees who frequently turn work in late and call in sick? If you could just get them to start working on projects sooner, they wouldn’t have to overexert themselves, wind up sick, and miss another deadline. How about the ones who hoard...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Misti Burmeister | Dec 2, 2015 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance | 
Moments after I hung up the phone, my mind started racing, my stomach tightened, and I had to go for a walk. “You just threw that opportunity away, Misti! And—it was perfect,” the voice inside my head screamed. One week earlier, I had received a phone call from Bill,...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Misti Burmeister | Nov 25, 2015 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance | 
               Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. Of course, that’s not because of the story of the Pilgrims and Indians. In fact, I’m embarrassed to tell you that I didn’t know what a Pilgrim was until roughly ten years ago. “Misti, I slept through most...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Misti Burmeister | Nov 19, 2015 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance | 
Walking down the streets of Bethesda more than a decade ago, hearing the loud beeps of impatient drivers, and seeing a pedestrian nearly get run over, I thought to myself, “I’ve gotta get out of here. I don’t want to be like these people.” I had quit my job a week...