Are Your Employees Destroying Your Business? →

Most of us spend a lot of time thinking about and cultivating our ideal business tribe, but hardly any time creating our best possible foundational tribe. Why is that? 

We need a strong foundational tribe in order to be able to create an awesome business tribe. It’s basic common sense: if you feel alone and unsupported, all of your endeavors, business and otherwise, are going to be a heck of a lot harder. Our foundational tribe is the engine that drives us to run our business, complete the marathon, publish that book or take that vacation. Pretty important tribe, huh? 

So ask yourself this: when you think of the average of the five people you spend the most time with, are you happy with that idea? Or do the names you come up with disturb you a little? 

Maybe it’s time for some tribe cleaning.

–Annika Martins, writer