Jim Miley
Evaluating sales performance should be nuanced for most businesses, but many owners are too quick to look simply at the bottom-line sales dollars. It’s easy to understand why business leaders just want to skip to the total dollars. Money is the fuel that keeps the business engine running and pays the bills. Dollars are also […]
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Leading a small business can be hard. Leading a small business without a strong team is a lot harder. You cast the vision, you take the risks, you produce results that enable the business to grow; then if you grow enough to need employees, you manage a team of people. Whether you’ve already got a team […]
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It’s near-universally agreed that integrity is a desirable characteristic in people; especially so in leaders. We look for evidence of integrity in hiring decisions and when seeking partners for business ventures. Integrity is super important for healthy interpersonal relationships. Everybody says they want integrity. So What is Integrity? My online dictionary defines integrity this way: […]
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You’ve seen them; those people and businesses that rocket ahead. They might be your friend who’s climbed the ladder of success with their firm. Or a business in your sphere that just keeps growing; adding customers, building their team, expanding their borders and you think; must be nice… Poof! Overnight success. It’s nice to see […]
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It’s all about relationships. Most people agree on that but how to apply it in our business lives can be a bit elusive. The gumbo that is developing relationships while leading a high performing work team can lead to either the most rewarding and soul nourishing of experience or a bland and soupy broth you […]
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As a business owner, you make a lot of decisions. Some decisions seem very important while others look insignificant. The reality is that the decisions you make do have varying degrees of consequences but, all of your decisions are important. Call it “just part of the gig” that you’ve taken on as a business leader […]
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Like most people I’ve been thinking a lot about the recent friction in our culture and how I am called to respond to it. Personally and professionally; in the whole of my life that includes my business. As a confessing Christian, my response carries the appropriate burden of testing my feelings through the guidance […]
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Many recognize one of my favorite Bible verses from a line in Mel Gibson’s movie production,The Passion of the Christ, when Pontius Pilate asks “What is Truth?” John 18:38 Pontius Pilate is questioning Jesus of Nazareth when Jesus says he has come to testify to the truth…to which Pilate replies, “What is truth?” Instead of […]
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