Leadership Is the Counterintuitive Wisdom of Slowing Down
Resist the Urge to Rush In It’s intuitive to think that urgency is important for important things: work fast to design a product, sign a contract, develop a process, launch …
Pivot to Nowhere? Was it Fun, or Did it Deliver Results?
Product and market alignment are crucial to small business success. I’ve shaken hands with too many founders who have sore hands. Why? They’re busy patting themselves on the back for …
How to Embrace a 12-Week Year for Success
Four Priorities to Achieve Your Goals in 2024: Embracing a 12-Week Year for Success The start of a new year often inspires resolutions and creative goal setting —a fresh slate …
Top 3 Things You Should Consider for Your Business By Year End
It doesn’t have to be dead time the last few days of the year, consider these small business suggestions to begin the New Year. New Year’s resolutions typically aren’t simply …
Organization Is Vital to Business Success
Today I no longer “jump in and try to figure it out as I go.” I prepare Organization has never been my forte. In fact, of all the qualities necessary …
6 Factors to Make Work Meaningful for Small Businesses
Whether you’re the employer or an employee, you need to put meaning into work. In the developed world in the 21st century, work has a strong emotional and social purpose. …
Adapt, Improvise, Overcome…or Perish
Four small business tips on what you need to do to survive and flourish. In a new installment of the Unemployable Millionaire Series for Entrepreneurs, I offer tips on what …
Strategy Implementation and Lessons Learned From Rubbermaid
Who Should Develop Business Strategy, the CEO, CFO or COO? In the mid 1990’s the CEO of Rubbermaid developed an executive strategy for growth. The essence of the strategy was …
3 Insights on How Small Business Cost of Goods Sold Can Determine Profits
A complete evaluation of COGs and the value derived from purchasing goods The evaluation of COGs and the value derived from purchasing goods should include direct costs, indirect costs, and …
What Does Sustainability Mean When it Comes to Your Business
Sustainability can mean the effect that your business has on the environment as well as its impact on society. April is Earth month and it’s become a time when leaders, …
