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Going it Alone? 5 Business Tips for the Solo-preneur
Ok. You don’t want employees. You want to do this on your own. Great! I’m there with you and want to help you make some sound decisions that will propel you forward and help you reach whatever end goal you have in mind.
Tip #1: Create 30-day goals — stop trying to think so […]
Look For Profit-Building Activities to Grow Your Business
Are you guilty of filling your day with profit-depleting activities? You know the ones I’m talking about: Filing. Checking emails every few minutes. Checking web stats. Chatting with a friend. Attending networking events that don’t connect you with your target audience. Forwarding emails that were forwarded to you. Surfing the web aimlessly.
If you are the […]
Stop Unproductive Meetings and Improve Your Bottom Line
End wasteful, expensive and non-productive meetings forever. If you are looking for ideas to help your company stay competitive in this economy, start making every meeting count.
You know how much time is wasted in unproductive meetings. And you know how much money is wasted in unproductive meetings. Read on to understand how you can apply […]
Turn Active Listening into a Strategic Initiative
I can say with confidence that the art of active listening is an unappreciated and underused activity in many organizations. And I know most CEOs know this.
So how about taking a proactive approach to active listening and teach every single person in your organization to do the same.
Become the champion of helping your entire […]
Three Easy-to-Implement Activities that Will Improve Your Bottom Line
As a business owner, would you be interested in learning three distinct activities that if you implemented today would bring you sustained success for your business?
Jack, a business owner of 4 years, recently received a phone call from Bill, his supplier. In the conversation, Bill mentioned a meeting he had had with Jack’s employee out […]
Five Dos and Don’ts When Running Your Business
Scattered thinking is deadly to a business. Are you at risk of falling into the trap where you become too busy to really work on your business? Do you constantly run after potential work or clients, spend your days jumping from one activity to the next and end up exhausted with little to show for […]
Focus on Four Critical Aspects of Business During Uncertain Times
Focus is a huge problem for any CEO in the business world today. With so many demands on their time and their energy, how does a business owner determine what are the right things to focus on at the right time?
As a business grows, the rules begin to change. The business owner can’t grow the […]
The Art of Intentional Inquiry - A Secret Weapon of High Performance Leadership
A successful leader is engaged in their business and they stay engaged by practicing the art of intentional inquiry. Learning how to ask the right questions that require your team to think instead of simply responding, is an art that requires experience and practice.
It’s also the basis for good coaching. Most leaders don’t […]
Is Your Company’s Builder/Protector Ratio Out of Whack?
The owner of a small manufacturing company has 29 employees. After growing to this size and being in this very competitive business for just 5 years, this owner is experiencing headaches typical for a company in this stage of its growth curve.
Issues include:
1. The inability of the CEO to release control to key employees creating a […]
Rules of the Road Can Keep Business Owners Ahead of Growth Curves
Most entrepreneurs rebel against following rules. It’s that go-for-broke attitude that has started many successful ventures and those ventures didn’t start out by observing rules.
However, a thorough understanding of what stage of growth your company is in will provide a business owner with critical rules of the road that help business owners, with fewer than […]
