Geoff Blanco and his team at Rigg's Outdoor Power Equipment discuss strategies for managing inventory and revenue year round in our "Season-to-Season" series.

Leadership is not prescriptive and what works for one person may not work for another. There is one trait, however, that many successful business leaders and entrepreneurs share: They are constantly asking themselves questions to stay relevant and perceptive.

Bush Hog recently introduced 7 new products, offering new product categories, enhancements on existing products and a re-introduction of a popular series. The goal was to add features, offer dealers additional products and meet attractive price points. Bush Hog, based in Selma, Ala., started producing rotary cutters in 1951 and its lineup now extends to zero-turn radius mowers, tractor loaders, backhoe attachments and landscape tools.

We all likely have a story of that one (or more) terrible boss, who was either a tyrant, a bully, or just totally incompetent. In fact, it may seem that there are more bad bosses than good ones. Why are there so many bad bosses and what can be done about them?

The Mortgage Bankers Association yesterday lowered its forecast for combined new and existing home sales in 2014 to 5.28 million -- a decline of 4.1 percent that would be the first annual drop in four years. The group also cut its prediction on mortgage lending volume for purchases to $595 billion, an 8.7 percent decrease and the first retreat in three years.

The following statistics show the power of video for entertaining, education and marketing. More than 1 billion unique users visit YouTube each month. More than 6 billion hours of video are watched each month on YouTube. That's almost an hour for every person on Earth.

In hindsight, many risks seem obvious. And when we do take the time to evaluate potential risks, there is often not much that is profound about them. Yet so many of us fall prey to unforeseen risks, believing that they came out of nowhere or that they could not have been anticipated. While this may be true in some cases, most of the time risk blindness occurs due to the way our brains are wired. Here are three reasons why we're blind to risk, and what we can do about it.

Read more of Steven DeRycke's response as well as other dealer responses to the question, "What factors do you take into considerations when deciding to add a new product or brand to your mix?" Their answers are featured in Rural Lifestyle Dealer's spring 2014 issue.

Giving feedback to your colleagues and employees provides them with an observer's insight into how their performance is progressing, as well as advice to solve any problems. But, for a number of people, hearing the six words, "Can I give you some feedback?" generates fear and anxiety. The words go through a translator in our brain and are heard as, "Can I completely tear you down?" It can be perceived that the person giving the feedback is somehow superior to the person receiving it, putting the receiver on the defense.