If You Want a Great Result, You Need a Great Script

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I am a seasoned show business professional and you’re not, so this may be an unfair question. But I’m going to ask it anyway. Ready? (That wasn’t the question.)

Motivational Speaker Bill StaintonWhen they get on the set to produce an episode of Grey’s Anatomy, do you think the director just tells the cast, “Go…do doctor stuff!”? (Full disclosure: I’ve never been ...

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Beatles Business Decision #1 – Spreading the Spotlight

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Over the course of these next few blogs, I’m going to share with you excerpts from Chapter 1 of my book “The Five Best Decisions The Beatles Ever Made.” Sure, the Beatles were a great rock band and loads of fun, but for the sake of our conversation here let’s remember…they were also business people. They were a company, a brand that changed the world of entertainment, music, licensing and SO much more.

“The fact is we were a team, despite ...

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5 Questions to Ask Before Committing to a Project

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motivational speaker Bill StaintonWith apologies to William Shakespeare: some create projects, some inherit projects, and some have projects thrust upon them. It happens to all of us. Sometimes they come in the form of assignments, sometimes in the form of opportunities (and the two are not mutually exclusive). But before we go any further, let’s define what we mean by “project.”

A “project” isn’t ...

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