The Key to Successful Marketing – Your Call to Action

 The key to successful marketing comes down to this: your call to action. This is also where so many companies fail. When you overwhelm people with things to do,...

Why Employee Ownership is So Important

 Our businesses are continuously changing. It’s the way of the world now. And I want to share something really wonderful that has enhanced our company’s performance. It’s the concept...

Better Business Leadership – Improving Connection and Employee Confidence

   Regardless of the size of your business, your success depends on your leadership. How we’re defining leadership has changed here in my office, and after seeing the significant...

Establish an Authentic Workplace and Give Your Business – and Morale, a Boost

Recently, I was asked in an interview what my favorite business quote is. Immediately, this popped into my head: “Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde.  Hands...

How to Create Passive Income That Could Save Your Business

This week, I want to remind you that challenges provide opportunities. No matter where you are in the world, you’re going to have challenges, and it’s not lost on me...

How Leaders Can Empower Their Team and Avoid Their Own Great Resignation

There’s been a lot of talk about “The Great Resignation”. I’ll be blunt. Every time I hear the phrase I think about how it could have been so easily avoided. ...

Brainstorming for Small Business

 When you start any project, do you expect your process to be linear? Here’s the deal. No journey is completely straight. No new journey, anyway. And if you’re going...

The Greatest Leadership Lesson I’ve Learned

 The best leadership lesson I have learned as a small business owner is this: When it comes to leadership, It’s not about me. (I know, shocking, right?) The real...

2 Leadership Myths (That Need to Go)

 Once upon a time, there was a small business owner named, oh, say, Mike. Mike was caught in the common trap of thinking that to be an effective leader,...

Avoid Small Business Burnout – Create a Daily Routine

 When was the last day you achieved everything you intended to do on that day? There are thousands of articles and resources out there for small business owners about...

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