Mission Trumps All
As the founder, owner, and leader of your business, you have an inspiration that drives you. You must. How do I know that? Because without a mission or overarching purpose or drive, you wouldn’t be willing to walk the challenging…
Get Set for Success!
Looking to grow? Be sure to set yourself up for the best possible success. Many businesses are working with systems that are strained at the edges (or simply operating at full capacity) and a plan for new market penetration must…
Generosity of Spirit
Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran said “For those business owners with generosity of spirit, return will always come, that’s a fact.” That doesn’t mean that if you build it they will come, and it doesn’t mean that passion for what you…
Final 40 Days of 2014
What will you do with them? Of course, we’ll have holidays and winter activities, perhaps some personal reflection and social events. Dances and gift exchanges, church services and retreats, family gatherings and visiting relatives, all are a part of December…
Let’s Look at Things Another Way
Next week, families across America will celebrate Thanksgiving with multiple generations at the table. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about how other generations think. Family dynamics often close us off to seeing or hearing from another generation’s…
3 Steps to Reduce Business Stress
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time! The same goes for any seemingly impossible task. And doesn’t the list of stressors sometimes feel impossible? It does for me. So, first things first and one bite at…
Big or Small – Set Your Focus for Fall
Kids are in school, leaves are falling from the trees, the days are getting shorter and we’ve all settled into that energetic “go time” that is the back to work feeling of fall. If you’re in a summer season business…
Culture is a Contact Sport
I LOVED this quote from Terry Jones, founder of Travelocity. Terry spoke this past summer at a local business conference and stressed over and over and over again the importance of values driven culture in driving successful business. And he…
It’s YOUR time, don’t give it away!
The only truly finite resources we have is our time. All else can be won, lost or redesigned, but time, once spent, is gone forever. To be successful we must prioritize, leverage our time, be productive, focus, all buzzwords really…