Building a Leadership Team; A Case Study

It’s not uncommon for everyone to report to the owner in a fast-growing small business… but it sure does cause a lot of problems. Building a leadership team can alleviate those problems. The problem that occurs when there’s just you leading everything is that everyone... Read »

How Business Owners Can Build Good Habits

The most successful entrepreneurs all say they build good habits. Would you say you have good habits? For example, we coach business owners to ‘eat the frog’ – do the task you dread the most first thing of the day. If you don’t? You’ll spend the rest of the day doing... Read »

Handling Mistakes: Creating a Culture of Courage

“Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts”. Nikki Giovanni, American Poet, Writer, and Activist  You’re the boss and you’ve made a mistake—   You misspoke   You quoted a statistic incorrectly   You told someone how to fix a problem, it... Read »

7 Practical Ways to Support Small Businesses

Your loyal customers would love to support you but they probably don’t know how to do it (other than buy from you, of course). Support small business – it’s a thing now and that’s great. However, it can help you and your fellow small business owners even more if... Read »

How to Keep Good Employees

You used creative techniques to hire your new, good employees. Now let’s look at some creative techniques to keep good employees. We’re hearing time and again right now that leaders find good employees, but they aren’t lasting. Whether there’s a “great... Read »