Whether you’ve been stuck in the same job for a decade or are a newly minted entrepreneur, you’re going to experience days when motivation is low, there is anxiety about the upcoming workload, or you are lacking confidence about the value you offer. We’ve all been there, and if you stay there, those feelings and…
If you try to say everything, you say nothing at all. This is a phrase I adopted as my marketing motto early on in my career. My co-workers joked that I needed to get it tatoo-ed somewhere. As I worked on projects and print pieces, I felt a tension of effectiveness. Decision makers in the…
Before I was a Christian I wanted to be eclectic, edgy and maybe even a little irreverent. Of course in a very intelligent, highly responsible, cutting edge, get things done way. Before I was a Christian, I didn’t own my own business, and I didn’t work for a business that wanted to be eclectic, edgy…
You had to cancel a few services that the company used because cash flow has been tight. An employee was terminated for cause. The company was slapped with a lawsuit. How much do we share with employees? We don’t want them to worry about stuff that isn’t their responsibility. You own the business. It’s your…
Four hours is common, eight fairly often or maybe an occasional forty-eight hours if you’re really livin’ right and lucky. That is the typical break-time between difficult situations and hard conversations when you manage a business. I’ve found it interesting that what qualifies as a difficult situation or hard conversation is very dynamic; meaning that…
Earlier this year, Facebook and its tagalong, Instagram, made the decision to stop showing your posts. Well, let me dial my exaggeration back a tad. They decided that only around 10% of your followers will see your posts on average. For many businesses, this resulted in nearly a 50% decrease in organic reach from 2018,…
Setbacks happen, and in some strange way they usually take us by surprise. I guess that is part of the definition. If we have a setback, we must have been moving forward. The faster our positive traction, the more jarring the setback. Losing a big customer can feel like starting over. An employee of talent…
Sometimes you stumble into a theme in life where the common thread between events is incredibly obvious. It took a few days to unfold for me last week but each of a trio of experiences jumped out with clear connection to the subsequent events that brought the theme into focus. A Parable During regular…
Last week I went on vacation to the beach with my husband and another couple, who are one of our best friends. Overall, we had a great time; we had perfect weather and it was a great few days of some much needed rest and relaxation, with only one minor incident that left me a…
This is a guest post written by Will Sorrell, I hope you enjoy it! How often do you think of the Protestant Reformation? Martin Luther? Well, as Christians in business this critical event changed our vocation by breaking down the “secular / sacred divide.” A guy named Gustaf Wingren wrote a book titled Luther on…