Business Ownership or Management: Order versus Chaos
Are you subconsciously sabotaging yourself and your business? “There is an immutable conflict in life and in business, a constant battle between peace [...]
Are you subconsciously sabotaging yourself and your business?
Money, Your Subconscious, and Sustainable Business Success “Make the money; don’t let the money make you. Change the Game; don’t let the game [...]
Staying True to Yourself, Your Values, and Your Dream
Learning What Matters In Business Staying True to Yourself, Your Values, and Your Dream “I try to find the core values that are [...]
The Bottom Line is Not Just a Catch Phrase: Risk and Commitment in Business
Learning What Matters In Business The ‘Bottom Line’ is Not Just a Catch Phrase Staying Afloat: Risk and Commitment in Business “Being good [...]
Learning What Matters In Business
The more we know about ourselves, what we value in life - and business, the more honest and open we are likely to be with ourselves about what is working, what is not, when we are 'true' to ourselves, and when we are not. Being aware of how we behave at work, in our homes, or in our social lives is just the beginning of developing more choices and improving on what we say and do.
Emotional Intelligence & Keeping Your Balance in Business & Life
Drawn to the shadows Can you focus on the light? Learning What Matters In Business Emotional Intelligence: Keeping Your Balance in Business & Life [...]
Manage Ego, Grow Collaboration, Engineer Communication, & Gain on Business Success
“Collaboration is the best way to work. It’s the only way to work, really. Everyone’s there because they have a set of skills [...]
Decision Points, Delegation, Process and Business Development
“The secret is to gang up on the problem, rather than each other.” – Thomas Stallkamp Power silos, executive silos, departmental silos, and [...]
Business and Financial Survival in Economic Hard Times
What is your financial aim? How big are you going to grow? By when? What kind of profit margin are you aiming for? [...]
Balancing Business and Life: Changing Time Habits
“Time is a sort of River of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than [...]
Balancing Your Business Demands with Your Life
Repeating Patterns, Like Habits, can be Pleasing or Annoying “How many people are trapped in their everyday habits: part numb, part frightened, part [...]
Managing the Finances of Small Business
“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.” [...]
Keeping Your Balance in Business as an Executive or Owner
Dawn of a New Day, New Beginnings “People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.” [...]
Networking: The Rules! Mastering the Challenge and Gathering New Business
Do you run screaming from the room when someone mentions going to a networking event? Are you one of the many who have [...]
Commitment and Loyalty in Business for Business Owners and Executives
The terms ‘commitment’ and ‘loyalty’ bring to mind a lot of different perspectives for people in business: the terms are most often used [...]
The Abrasive Boss: Business Impact, Cost, Survival and Intervention – Part II
Tangible and Intangible Costs One of the primary clues that you have an abrasive boss in residence is a high turnover rate among [...]
Abrasive Bosses in Business: Impacts, Costs, Survival, and Interventions – Part I
Description of the Abrasive Boss: Clipped speech Little eye contact or ‘drilling’ eye contact; frown appears whenever he or she turns in your [...]
Surviving to Win in Business: Game Plans and Pacing
Surviving long enough to win in business requires a plan, strategy, patience, and…the personal strength to persist through whatever gets thrown at you. [...]
Patterns, Plans, Persistence, and Pain: Pathways to Business Success
“You will never change your life until you change something you do DAILY. The secret of your success is found in your daily [...]
Accounts Receivable and Customer Relations
Having accounts receivable- i.e. money owing to you by customers for services rendered, has an upside and a downside. The upside is that [...]
Reselling and Retelling “The Art of Selling”
“Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.” – Andy Warhol [d style=”3″]T[/d]he most successful sales [...]
Managing Customer Relations! It’s All Customer Relations!
“The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people. ” -Tom Peters, Businessman & [...]
Fear, Inspiration and Motivation
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” -Winston Churchill [d style=”3″]T[/d]hink about that quote. It refers to resilience [...]
Stepping Back to Move Forward
The unfortunate truth about the bottom line is that many business owners are running businesses without a clear and unobstructed eye on the [...]
Executive Bottom Line Boogie? Or Bust?
Every Executive must learn how to do “The Bottom Line Boogie” with the right steps, the right rhythm, and the right timing. – [...]
Gaining Clarity about Your Business
What is your bottom line? What’s the most important aspect of operations in your business – Right now! This moment! Do you know? [...]
The Practice of Writing Doable Goals
The most important thing about goals is having one. -Geoffrey F. Abert Goals are what keep us moving forward – in our lives, [...]