Soar to Success August 2019

Last week, CPU was fortunate to attend a two- day workshop in Vancouver, Canada. Why? Because of that thing we hear over and over again. You know the one, that you need to take time to “work on your business”, versus “working in it”. We’ve all heard that a few times now, right? One of the guest speakers at the workshop was DavidWhittier, anLCol in theCanadianmilitary. Wewere luckyenoughto learnsome interesting tidbits of information and knowledge from David’s 30 or so years in uniform. Like many of our businesses, the military hasn’t mastered leadership and they continue to invest in educating their ranks, from Privates to Generals, on the art of leadership. This is something that everyone can learn more about. Can Your IT Company Lead You To The Cloud? By Jeanne DeWitt This got us thinking about IT companies and how they help their clients make the move to the cloud. Some of our colleagues just tell them, “this is the way it is going to be” - somewhat of a cloud dictatorship. But on the other hand, some of our colleagues are timidwhen it comes to the cloud; they sit back and wait for their clients to bring up the subject. But that’s not how CPU operates. Davidetchedacrystal-clear imageof leadership in our minds. Using 9 different examples from some of our favorite movies, we learned lots from David about the art of leadership. Particularly, how it helps us to educate customers, clients, partners and others on something like the cloud, which requires real leadership to handle effectively. The CPU approach is what we like to think of as “cloud collaboration”. We’d rather sit downwith abusiness professional “owner ormanager” and learn what their business objectives are. With